The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition (한국식품영양학회지)

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The Effect of a Community-Based Nutrition Intervention Program on Dietary Behavior and Nutritional Status of Low-Income Elderly Women in Gwangju City

광주지역 일부 저소득층 여자노인에서 지역사회 영양중재 프로그램 적용에 따른 식행동 변화 및 영양상태 개선 효과

  • Kim, Bok Hee (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chosun University) ;
  • Yang, Ji-Suk (Graduate School of Education, Chosun University) ;
  • Kye, Seung-Hee (Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Aju University) ;
  • Lee, Yoonna (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Shingu College)
  • 김복희 (조선대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 양지숙 (조선대학교 교육대학원) ;
  • 계승희 (아주대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이윤나 (신구대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2014.05.20
  • Accepted : 2014.06.16
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to measure the effect of a community-based nutritional intervention program on dietary behaviors and nutrient intakes of low-income elderly women in Korea. The subject of the study was a group of 88 elderly women using the free meal service in Dong-gu, Gwangju city in Korea. The study was carried out from April to July 2009, and the pretest, application of nutrition education, and post-test were applied in each stage. This community-based nutrition intervention program consisted of snack supplement and nutrition education provided three times a week and 36 times in total. The nutrition education was led by the nutritionists and professionals using various educational media. Snack supplement included were milk, soymilk, carrot juice, bread, yogurt, and bananas. The result of pretest showed that the nutrient intakes of the subjects were much below the Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI) level of Dietary Reference Intake for Koreans. Comparison of the dietary behavior score and nutrient intakes before and after the nutritional intervention program indicated that the food behavior score increased from 3.1 to 5.6 (P<0.001) and intake of energy, protein, carbohydrate, thiamin, niacin, vitamin C, iron, and potassium of the subjects all increased significantly (P<0.05). Mean Adequacy Ratio (MAR) of their nutrient intakes was also improved from 0.53 to 0.64 (P<0.01). These results indicated that the nutrition intervention program conducted in this study was effective in improving dietary behavior and nutrient intakes of elderly women in local community.

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