The purpose of this study was to understand the current status of junior high school students' appearance orientation, body satisfaction and dietary behavior. This study would also explore the personal factors affecting, and the relationship among those three aspects mentioned above. By using random cluster sampling, junior high school students from Taoyuan county were selected to answer a questionnaire based survey. The samples came from four junior high schools, one class for each grade, and 12 classes at all, with 427 effective responses. Research tools included personal information, appearance orientation scale, body satisfaction scale and dietary behavior scale. Study results included following findings: 1. The study showed that the study subjects had positive appearance orientation (the scores=3.33), the lowest score of body satisfaction was the weight, and the few intakes of milk and fruit were the worst parts of balanced dietary behaviors. Carbonated drink and snack foods were the main sources of high calorie. 2. Factors that effect junior high school students' appearance orientation included gender and father's level of education. The personal factors that affect junior high school students' body satisfaction were gender, grade and BMI. Besides, factors that effect junior high school students' dietary behavior were gender, grade and parents' level of education. 3. Appearance orientation and body satisfaction appeared to have a positive relationship with balanced diets (r=.157, p<.01; r=.152, p<.01) and low calorie intakes skill (r=.175, p<.01; r=.129, p<.01), but an inverse relationship with high calorie intakes (r=-.097, p<.05; r=-.133, p<.01).
The purpose of this study was to understand the current status of junior high school students' appearance orientation, body satisfaction and dietary behavior. This study would also explore the personal factors affecting, and the relationship among those three aspects mentioned above. By using random cluster sampling, junior high school students from Taoyuan county were selected to answer a questionnaire based survey. The samples came from four junior high schools, one class for each grade, and 12 classes at all, with 427 effective responses. Research tools included personal information, appearance orientation scale, body satisfaction scale and dietary behavior scale. Study results included following findings: 1. The study showed that the study subjects had positive appearance orientation (the scores=3.33), the lowest score of body satisfaction was the weight, and the few intakes of milk and fruit were the worst parts of balanced dietary behaviors. Carbonated drink and snack foods were the main sources of high calorie. 2. Factors that effect junior high school students' appearance orientation included gender and father's level of education. The personal factors that affect junior high school students' body satisfaction were gender, grade and BMI. Besides, factors that effect junior high school students' dietary behavior were gender, grade and parents' level of education. 3. Appearance orientation and body satisfaction appeared to have a positive relationship with balanced diets (r=.157, p<.01; r=.152, p<.01) and low calorie intakes skill (r=.175, p<.01; r=.129, p<.01), but an inverse relationship with high calorie intakes (r=-.097, p<.05; r=-.133, p<.01).