Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association (대한영양사협회학술지)

The Korean Dietetic Association (대한영양사협회)
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A Study on the Perception of Nutritional Education by Students in Elementary School and Their Parents in the Chungnam Area

충남 일부 지역 초등학생과 학부모의 학교를 통한 영양교육에 대한 인식도 조사

  • Choi, Mi-Kyeong (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Kongju National University) ;
  • Bae, Yun-Jung (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Hee (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Kongju National University) ;
  • Lee, Oh-Sun (Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Kongju National University)
  • 최미경 (공주대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 배윤정 (숙명여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김명희 (공주대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이오선 (공주대학교 교육대학원 영양교육)
  • Received : 2009.12.03
  • Accepted : 2009.12.29
  • Published : 2010.02.02
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Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the perception of nutritional education by students in elementary school and their parents in terms of the degree of satisfaction with school foodservices. The survey was conducted on 322 parents and 322 students using a questionnaire. Most of the students and parents were satisfied with the school foodservices, the most satisfactory component of school foodservice was the "balanced nutrition intake". The students and parents acquired nutritional information from the "school letter" and "Mass media". They trusted professional dietitians, the school and the nutritional information acquired from accredited mass media. In regards to the type of nutritional education, 28.9% of parents preferred "clinical nutrition information on disease" and 26.9% of parents preferred "nutrition information of food". In contrast, 33.7% of the students preferred the "clinical nutrition information on disease" and 25.4% of the students preferred "right eating habit (unbalanced eating, skipping meal)". The top three reasons for wanting to provide offspring with nutritional information was "right eating habit" (48.9%), "correction of unbalanced diet" (19.8%) and "healthy physical strength" (12.1%). The dietitians need professionalism to deliver accurate information and knowledge relating to the subjects that the users demand and the development of teaching media should be conducted to effectively deliver this knowledge.

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