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Development and Evaluation of a Nutrition Education Program on Sodium Reduction in Elementary School Students  

Jung, Yun-Young (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Kyungpook National University)
Shin, Eun-Kyung (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Hye-Jin (Prevention and Management Center, Daegu.Gyeongbuk Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Center)
Lee, Nan-Hee (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu)
Chun, Byung-Yeol (Health Promotion Research Center in Kyungpook National University)
Ann, Moon-Young (Public Health Division, Daegu Metropolitan City)
Lee, Yeon-Kyung (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Kyungpook National University)
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition / v.14, no.6, 2009 , pp. 746-755 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to develop and evaluate a nutrition education program to reduce dietary sodium. The school children (218 boys, 226 girls), from 8 elementary schools in the city of Daegu, Korea, were involved in this study. This research was based on the data from two groups of elementary school children, the "education" group (n = 240), and "no-education" group (n = 204). Educational media and programs were developed to educate the education group for four weeks and were presented on the web (www.saltdown.com). After education, the preference for a non-salty taste in the education group increased 10%, compared with those who preferred a non-salty taste before education. There was a significant change away from a preference for a salty taste and a rise in the mean score for nutrition knowledge and dietary attitude in the education group compared to the no-education group (p < 0.05). This study indicates that school children can reduce their dependency on preference for a salty taste and change their high-salt dietary behavior after the education.
Keywords
elementary school student; nutrition education; salty taste assessment; high-salt dietary behavior; nutrition knowledge;
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