Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

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Survey on Present Use and Future Demand for the Convenience Food in the Elderly Group

노인세대의 편의식 이용현황과 요구도 조사

  • Park, Ji-Young (Graduate School of Education, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Na (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang University) ;
  • Hong, Wan-Soo (Department of Foodservice Management and Nutrition, Sangmyung University) ;
  • Shin, Weon-Sun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang University)
  • 박지영 (한양대학교 교육대학원 영양교육전공) ;
  • 김지나 (한양대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 홍완수 (상명대학교 외식영양학과) ;
  • 신원선 (한양대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2011.11.15
  • Accepted : 2012.01.17
  • Published : 2012.02.29
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Abstract

This study is to research the use and the demand of the elderly generation that pursue economic ability and active lifestyle. The composition of the meals were "homemade meals" 65.3%, "homemade & convenience meals" 26.7% overall. For the "never miss a meal" category, 70-74 years old was 48.3%, over 80 years old was 60.0%. The elderly under 70 years old showed a high frequency in the use of alternative meals (p < 0.05) and the elderly with higher education used the alternative meals more frequently (p < 0.01). The rice-cakes, bread, tuna cans, Korean side-dishes, beverages, meat, cup-noodles and seafood as alternative meals are in the order of most frequency. Also, 96.0%, 59.0% and 46.5% of the elderly had experience in using "Ready to eat (RTE)", "Ready to heat (RTH)" and "Ready to cook (RTC)". The oldest group surveyed, the elderly at the age of 80 years old and above showed lower preference for "completely cooked state" but showed highest results in the "half-cooked state". This shows the difference between people's perception and the behavior that showed high frequency of 96.0% in the experience with "RTE". This can be inferred that the elderly needs the development of convenience food that is moderately packaged according to the newer lifestyle where the elderly live independent from their children. Moreover, there is a higher demand in the healthy convenience food, which means that there is a need for development in the quality of the convenience food that will allow more faith in convenience food by the elderly.

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