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http://dx.doi.org/10.9799/ksfan.2015.28.6.973

Comparison of Eating Habits and Food Preference of Elementary School Children between Multi-cultural Families and Ordinary Families in Gyeongnam Province  

Lee, Joo Hee (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Gyeongsang National University)
Jeong, Seon Ok (Major of Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Gyeongsang National University)
Kim, Changim (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology)
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The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition / v.28, no.6, 2015 , pp. 973-987 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the eating habits and food preferences of elementary school children belong to multi-cultural families and ordinary families. The data were obtained by interview based on questionnaire from November to December in 2012. The subjects of multi-cultural families and ordinary families were 99 and 376 children, respectively. In comparison with eating habits, the ordinary children showed higher scoring in the items of eating proteins, green and yellow vegetables, and fruits or fruit juice than those of multi-cultural children. The ordinary children ate less midnight-meals than those of multi-cultural children (p<0.05). Furthermore, the ordinary children ate kimchi more frequently than the multi-cultural children. It was significantly different (p<0.05) on the items of 'eating-out types' dietary habits between two groups. Education of mothers correlated with the ordinary children's eating habits more than multi-cultural families. In the investigation of the food preference to Korean foods, 'beef and radish soup', 'pumpkin porridge', and 'wheat flakes noodles' were more preferred by children of ordinary families than by those of multi-cultural families (p<0.05). To conclude, nutritional education for their parents should be done and maintained to keep a right eating habit of children of multi-cultural families even at home.
Keywords
multi-cultural families; elementary school children; eating habits; food preference;
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