Korean journal of food and cookery science (한국식품조리과학회지)
- Volume 8 Issue 2
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- Pages.107-115
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- 1992
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- 2287-1780(pISSN)
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- 2287-1772(eISSN)
The Study of Infant Feeding in Weaning Period
서울 지역 어린이의 이유 실태 조사
- Sohn, Kyung-Hee (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University) ;
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Yoon, Sun
(Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University) ;
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Lee, Young-Mee
(Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University) ;
- Jeon, Joo-Hye (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University)
- 손경희 (연세대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
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윤선
(연세대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
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이영미
(연세대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
- 전주혜 (연세대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과)
- Published : 1992.05.01
Abstract
This retrospective study was conducted to investigate the growth of children and their care person's weaning behaviors and its relation between the growth and care person's attitude and behaviors about weaning. 272 subjects who had child under 2 years old at that time were randomly selected and answered the special questionnaire. Results were as follows: Using to Kaup index, 13.4% of children were estimated undernutrition, 60.6% were normal and 26.0% were estimated overnutrition. 97.6% of respondant (children's mother) were recognized the need of weaning and the first prurpose of weaning was supplement of nutrients, and the next one was to set up normal food habits. 39.1% of subjects were used normal adult foods as weaning food. 60.9% of subjects were proepared special foods (making at home or buying commercial weaning food). The socioeconomic status was major factor to influence mother's behaviors about weaning. Vegetable and meat gruel was the most commen weaning food and the next one was fruits puree and rice with soup. The correlationship were found between Kaup index and the score of mother's weaning behaviors, between momer's eductional level and the score of weanig behaviors. 96% of subjects wanted nutritional education about weaning. They wanted to know about desirable weaning process and correct informations of commercial weaning foods mid the convenient cooking methods. According to the difference of socioeconomic status subjects were wanted different eductional methods. Upper socioeconomic group wanted special books about weaning and lower class wanted to be educted through the mass media especially television programs.
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