The Eating Behavior of Gifted and Nongifted Children

영재아동과 일반아동의 식생활습관에 대한 비교 연구(대전시 교육청에서 선발한 아동을 중심으로)

The present study was done to investigate the eating behavior of gifted and non-gifted children. Of the students who responded, 77.5% replied that they eat three meals a day and 22.5% replied otherwise. More of the gifted students(85%) had three meals a day than the non-gifted students (70%). The percentage of students who have breakfast is 79.4%, and the majority of them (72.2%) apparently have rice and soup as their menu. Most of the children took approximately 20 minuets to have a meal. The gifted students tended to have a better appetite and less dislike for a particular food. They also tended to have snacks out of hunger compared to the non-gifted children, who had snacks out of habit. The gifted group tended to have more snacks prepared at home compared to the non-gifted group who had more snacks bought at the store. The gifted group drank more milk and exercised more regularly than the non-gifted ones. Both groups slept around 8 hours a day. Even though 7.4% of the children are actually overweight, it is interesting to note that 27.2% thought they are overweight.