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. 2020 Apr 3;14(3):276–285. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2020.14.3.276

Table 3. Dietary life of the university students according to their Mukbang- and Cookbang-watching status.

Mukbang Cookbang
NW (n = 133) MW (n = 167) FW (n = 80) Total (n = 380) P-value NW (n = 254) MW (n = 106) FW (n = 20) Total (n = 380) P-value
Eat alone 0.381 < 0.05
≥ 1/day 45 (33.8) 61 (36.5) 34 (42.5) 140 (36.8) 93 (36.6) 37 (34.9) 10 (50.0) 140 (36.8)
1–6/week 50 (37.6) 54 (32.4) 30 (37.5) 134 (35.3) 81 (31.9) 49 (46.2) 4 (20.0) 134 (35.3)
< 3/month 38 (28.6) 52 (31.1) 16 (20.0) 106 (27.9) 80 (31.5) 20 (18.9) 6 (30.0) 106 (27.9)
Cook 0.673 < 0.01
≥ 1/day 20 (15.0) 23 (13.8) 14 (17.5) 57 (15.0) 37 (14.6) 14 (13.2) 6 (30.0) 57 (15.0)
1–6/week 57 (42.9) 65 (38.9) 36 (45.0) 158 (41.6) 93 (36.6) 58 (54.7) 7 (35.0) 158 (41.6)
< 3/month 56 (42.1) 79 (47.3) 30 (37.5) 165 (43.4) 124 (48.8) 34 (32.1) 7 (35.0) 165 (43.4)
Nutrition label awareness 0.957 0.110
Know 60 (45.1) 69 (41.3) 34 (42.5) 163 (42.9) 101 (39.7) 53 (50.0) 9 (45.0) 163 (42.9)
Know, but don't understand 49 (36.8) 69 (41.3) 32 (40.0) 150 (39.5) 100 (39.4) 40 (37.7) 10 (50.0) 150 (39.5)
Know nothing 24 (18.1) 29 (17.4) 14 (17.5) 67 (17.6) 53 (20.9) 13 (12.3) 1 (5.0) 67 (17.6)
Nutrition label use 0.945 0.124
Yes 34 (31.2) 43 (31.2) 22 (33.3) 99 (31.6) 56 (27.9) 37 (39.8) 6 (31.6) 99 (31.6)
No 75 (68.8) 95 (68.8) 44 (66.7) 214 (68.4) 145 (72.1) 50 (60.2) 13 (68.4) 214 (68.4)
Total 109 (100)1) 138 (100) 66 (100) 313 (100) 201 (100) 93 (100) 19 (100) 313 (100)
Diet score2) 3.25 ± 0.58a2) 3.19 ± 0.48ab 3.06 ± 0.47b 3.18 ± 0.52 < 0.05 3.21 ± 0.55 3.15 ± 0.45 3.04 ± 0.53 3.18 ± 0.52 0.312

Data are shown as mean ± SD or number (%).

NW, not watching; MW, moderate watching; FW, frequent watching.

1)Analyzed only in participants who reported being aware of nutrition labels.

2)Mean from self-reported 21 items of dietary habits. Means with a same superscript were not significantly different.