Study on Food Habits of Elementary School Food service Children in Taejon

대전지역 급식학교 초등학생들의 식습관 조사

  • Park, Jong-Im (Division in Chung Nam and Taejon, Korean Dietitic Association) ;
  • Gu, Nan-Suk (Dept. of Food Nutrition, Taejon University)
  • 박종임 (대한영양사회 대전.충남지부) ;
  • 구난숙 (대전대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 1998.08.12

Abstract

To investigate the children's food habit, one thousand of children from eleven elementary school food service were randomly selected in Taejon. The survey was conducted by questionnaires and data were analyzed by SAS program. The results are summarized as follows. 1.The average height and weight for the 3th grader are 132.0cm and 29.4kg for boys. 131.2cm and 27.9kg for girls. In the case of the 6th grader the average height and weight are 147.1cm, 41.1kg for male, 148.6cm, 41.0kg for female, repectively. Those values are less than national averages. 2. The third grader eats breakfast more regularly than the sixth grader(p<0.001) and 51.5% of the children answer that they take foods for their health. The third grader has better eating habits that the six grader. This survey shows that the sixth grader eat more cereal, milk and vegetable and the third grader has less fruits than the sixth grader. 49.3% of the total children likes eating food at home, 36.6% eating outside and 14.1% school meal service. 25.8% of the children reply that they do not eat now foods during school meal service. 82.5% of the total children are willing to eat foods served from school meal service if a teacher explains about the information of foods.

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