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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2007.36.9.1172

School Dietitians' Perceptions and Intake of Healthy Functional Foods in Jeonbuk Province  

Kang, Young-Ja (Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Research Institute of Human Ecology, Chonbuk National University)
Jung, Su-Jin (Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Research Institute of Human Ecology, Chonbuk National University)
Yang, Ji-Ae (Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Research Institute of Human Ecology, Chonbuk National University)
Cha, Youn-Soo (Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Research Institute of Human Ecology, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.36, no.9, 2007 , pp. 1172-1181 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research involved 226 Jeonbuk Province school dietitians as subjects to investigate intake and perceptions of the healthy functional foods. Sixty nine percent of the school dietitians didn't even know about the law enforcement concerning the health functional foods. Although 68.1% of the respondents said that they slightly knew about health functional foods, only 25% knew exactly what it was. As shown in the survey, most didn't have the cognitive understanding did not understand which should be obtained by education. Sixty two percent of the answerers said they had experience of taking health various functional food products of various kinds such as supplements (57.9%), red ginseng products (52.9%), and chlorella products (30.0%). The motive of intake was in the order of fatigue restoration (25.7%), sickness prevention (22.9%), and nutrient replenishment (22.9%). A fascinating fact from this study was that the reason for healthy functional product intake was different between groups that was primarily interested in the products and those that was not. For those who had interest, the reason for intake was for sickness prevention. On the other hand, for those who didn't have any interest, the reasons was primarily for fatigue restoration and they were mostly persuaded by close friends and relatives. Main concerns were in the order of side effects (4.72), efficacy after intake (4.59), cleanliness (4.51), reliability of the company (4.29), and price (4.23). In view of the study, it is clear that a lot of people are showing interest in healthy functional food products. However, dietitians who are experts in food and nutrition lacked knowledge and information on healthy functional food.
Keywords
health functional food; school dietitians; health functional food perception; health functional food intake;
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