• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.495-506
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• 2014

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.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.550-557
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• 2014

Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the preferences and needs of typical Korean females adults for food and nutrition information provided by the mass media. Methods: A total of 343 females (77 in their 20s, 85 in their 30s, 88 in their 40s and 93 in their 50s) residing in the Seoul/Gyeonggido area was surveyed on general characteristics, main sources of food and nutrition information and needs for sources and contents of nutrition information. Results: The survey showed that typical Korean females obtained knowledge of food and nutrition mainly through the Internet (30.4%) and broadcasting (29.0%). Typical Korean females were interested in 'dietary management for weight control' (21.9%), 'the prevention and treatment of disease' (20.0%), 'food safety' (16.8%), 'proper dietary habits' (14.6%), 'cookery' (11.8%), 'functional foods' (9.6%), 'restaurant details' (3.5%) and 'life-cycle-specific dietary guideline' (1.6%). Needs for food and nutrition program forms on TV were 'educational programs' (34.3%), 'documentaries' (20.8), 'expert lecture-style' (13.0%), 'entertainment programs' (11.9%), 'expert conversation' (11.4%), 'news-style' (4.6%) and 'public campaign advertisements' (4.0%). On the Internet, 38.6% of the respondents preferred to get information provided by food and nutrition-related institutions (38.6%) while 26.1% preferred webtoons for nutritional information. The favored forms in mobile applications were 'monitoring their diets' (29.5%), 'data-based texts information' (21.4%), 'experts feedback' (20.6%), 'communities' (15.1%) and 'games' (13.1%). The rates of the preference to obtain information from experts such as nutritionists and dietitians and doctorsor dietitian turned reporters increased markedly with older ages. Conclusions: Since the mass media is a main source of food and nutrition information for the general public, the effectiveness and accuracy of the information provided should be enhanced by taking the needs of the public into account. The quality of information should be improved by involving more nutrition experts.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.90-98
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• 2021

2017년부터 학교 급식업무에 대한 산업안전보건법이 전면 적용되고 그에 따라 2019년부터 위험성평가가 시행되었으나 타 업종에 비해 도입이 늦고 비전문가인 영양(교)사에 의해 평가되고 있어 제도 정착의 한계가 있었다. 서울시교육청 산하 모든 학교에서는 고용노동부의 학교 급식업무의 산업안전보건법 및 고용노동부 고시에 따라 매년 안전보건공단에서 제공하는 위험성평가 지원 시스템의 KRAS 기법을 적용하고 있다. 이렇듯 법적 규제에 따라 위험성평가를 적용하고 있으나 위험의 빈도와 강도 기준이 정성적이고 주관적이어서 평가자에 따라 다른 결과를 도출하여 위험성평가의 실효성이 의문시되었으나 지금까지 학교 급식업무에 대한 위험성평가와 관련된 연구는 없었다. 본 연구에서는 급식종사자의 재해통계를 바탕으로 위험의 빈도와 강도 기준을 정량적이고 객관적으로 제시하고 급식업무 중 일부 작업에 대해 새로운 산정기준을 적용하여 위험성평가를 실시하고 기존 위험성평가 결과와 비교하였다. 그 결과 위험도가 높아지고 그에 따른 개선방안이 구체적으로 제시되어 실효성 제고가 확인되었으므로 급식업무 전체에 대해 시범평가를 확대하고 타당성을 확인하여 모든 학교에 확대 적용함으로써 위험성평가의 실효성과 작동성 제고에 기여하기를 기대한다.