Awareness of the Health and Defecation Tendencies among College Students by Location of Domicile

In order to compare the food habits and defecation tendencies by region, a questionnaire survey was conducted of 1722 college women (18-20 years of age) living in Sapporo (146), Sendai (183), Osaka (1214), and Kumamoto (179). (1) When questioned about food habits, less than 58.5% of the respondents in the four groups considered their food intake to be sufficient to maintain their health. In regard to knowledge about their food intake requirements, the positive response was the highest in Sendai (85.8%), followed by Kumamoto (58.2%) and Osaka (50.9%) with the lowest in Sapporo (41.1%) (p