Nutrition Research and Practice

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A study on nutrition knowledge and dietary behavior of elementary school children in Seoul

  • Choi, Eun-Suil (Department of Nutrition Education, Myong-ji University) ;
  • Shin, Na-Ri (Department of Food and Nutrition, Myong-ji University) ;
  • Jung, Eun-Im (Department of Food and Nutrition, Myong-ji University) ;
  • Park, Hae-Ryun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Myong-ji University) ;
  • Lee, Hong-Mie (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Daejin University) ;
  • Song, Kyung-Hee (Department of Food and Nutrition, Myong-ji University)
  • Published : 2008.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nutrition and diet related knowledge, attitude, and behavior of elementary school children in Seoul. The subjects included were 439 (male 236, female 203) elementary school children in the 4th to the 6th grades, The statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 12.0 program. The average obesity index (OI) was 104.98 and 99.82 for male and female subjects, respectively. The average percentage of underweight, normal, overweight and obese of subjects was 33.7%, 32.8%, 12.3%, and 19.4%, respectively. The percentage of the underweight group of female subjects was higher than that of the male subjects. The percentage of the obese group of male subjects was higher than that of the female subjects. The average score of nutrition knowledge, nutrition attitude and dietary behavior was 6.8, 7.44, and 7.34, respectively. Dietary behavior of male subjects was positively correlated with parents' education levels, monthly household income and nutrition attitude. Dietary behavior of female subjects was positively correlated with monthly household income, nutrition knowledge and nutrition attitude. Dietary behavior of female subjects was positively correlated with obesity index (OI). Proper nutrition education and intervention are required for the improvement of elementary school children's nutrition knowledge, nutrition attitudes and dietary behaviors.

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