A Study on the Nutritional Status of Lunch-box of Highschool Students in a Korean Rural Area

농촌 지역 남.여 고등학생의 도시락 영양실태에 대한 연구

  • 조희숙 (목포대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 1997.09.01

Abstract

This study was aimed to investigate the nutritional status of 270 students of high school from September 5 to 10 in 1995, 재 are eating their lunch-box. This results were summarized as follows : The average height of boys and girls was 170.0$\pm$0.8cm and 155.8$\pm$1.4cm, respectively. The average weights of them were 60.5$\pm$0.3kg(male) and 48.5$\pm$0.7kg(female). BMI(Body Mass Index) of them were 20.15$\pm$0.13(male), 17.75$\pm$0.29(female). The weight of the staple of their lunch-box is 301~350g(38.7%, boys) and 200~250g(50.8%, girls). Among the subjects, 54.1% carry two dishes, and they eat 40 kind of side dishes, including kimchi usually cooked by roasting. The balanced diet based on the five basic food groups is almost impossible, especially they don't eat sufficiently protein food and calcium food. All the nutrients except vitamin A, C and niacin, are below the Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances for Koreans. The rate of calorie of carbohydrate : fat : protein is 81.5 : 9.5 : 11.5(boys) and 80.5 : 9.8 : 10.5(girls). The 78.0% of total amount of calorie was from carbohydrate.

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