Effects of Nutritional Education Featuring Cooking Activities on Preschool Children in the Daegu Area: Food Habits and Dietary Attitudes

유아 대상의 요리 활동을 포함한 영양 교육 후 식생활 습관 및 식태도 변화

  • Seo, Joo-Young (Dept. of Food Service & Nuturition, Catholic University) ;
  • Choi, Bong-Soon (Dept. of Food Service & Nuturition, Catholic University) ;
  • Lee, In-Sook (Division of Food Service Industry, Uiduk University)
  • 서주영 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 최봉순 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이인숙 (위덕대학교 외식산업학부)
  • Received : 2010.07.27
  • Accepted : 2010.10.22
  • Published : 2010.10.31

Abstract

The effects of a nutritional education program featuring cooking activities on 20 preschool children 6 years of age at a kindergarten in the Daegu suburb area. After applying the nutritional education program for 6 weeks, scores of dietary habits, dietary attitude and problematic dietary behaviors increased significantly from 3.68 to 3.83, 3.52 to 3.9 and 3.59 to 3.89, respectively (p<0.001). Problematic dietary habits, such as not eating a variety of foods, overeating, and having an unbalanced diet, were positively affected while problematic dietary behaviors, such as eating too much sweet food and liking instant foods, also underwent favorable changes. Among dietary attitudes, washing bands and brushing teeth before and after meals were the least changed items (0.15 out of 1). To improve dietary habits and behavior of preschool children, nutrition education programs cooking activities must be applied systematically.

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