The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition (한국식품영양학회지)

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Awareness and Satisfaction on the School Food Service by Elementary Students and Parents in Incheon City

인천 지역 초등학생과 학부모의 학교급식에 대한 인식 및 만족도

  • Kim, Ho-Yeon (Major in Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Kongju National University) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Hee (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kongju National University) ;
  • Lee, Je-Hyuk (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kongju National University)
  • 김호연 (공주대학교 교육대학원 영양교육전공) ;
  • 김명희 (공주대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이제혁 (공주대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2017.01.03
  • Accepted : 2018.05.21
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the awareness and satisfaction level of school meal services by elementary school students and their parents. Approximately 97.2% of student-subjects have agreed on the necessity of a free meal service for school lunch; 44.3% of student-subjects voiced the need to provide free meal services in order to eliminate discrimination of low-income students. Over one-third of student-subjects (36.7%) cited nutrition as the main benefit of providing a free meal service. The majority of parent-subjects (95.1%) have recognized the need for a free meal service in school; approximately 37.3% of parent-subjects responded to need the free meal service in order to eliminate the discrimination of impoverished students. Both student- and parent-subjects expressed a high level of satisfaction with the quality of ingredients and the type of soup/nutrition provided. Student-subjects insisted on better food hygiene and a new menu, but cited the noisy cafeteria as a problem associated with school meal services. In addition, approximately 56.5% of student-subjects responded to the need for nutritional education in school. Parent-subjects were primarily concerned with hygiene regarding the preparation of school meal services, noting the temperature of foods as the biggest problem in school meal services. The majority of parent-subjects (88.1%) responded to the need for the nutritional education in school. Results of this survey indicate that school meal services can be improved by increasing menu options and increasing food hygiene.

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