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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2008.37.12.1660

Acceptance and Preference of Vegetables in Menus for Middle School Students  

Park, So-Hyun (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Anyang University)
Kim, Mi-Jung (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Anyang University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.37, no.12, 2008 , pp. 1660-1666 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the basic data that could make out a menu reflected by students' preference to increase the intake of vegetable food through the cooking method of favorite vegetables. For the investigation, 585 middle school students in Seoul and Ansan area were surveyed. In the preference of food items, the meat food was more preferred to the vegetable food. Also, the reasons that students do not eat vegetable provided were 'bad taste' and 'unfavorite vegetable'. The preference analysis for vegetable showed that stem and leaf vegetables, root vegetables and fruits & vegetables were in the order of perilla leaver, celery and cabbage, sweet potato, potato, and dried radish cube and tomato, sweet pumpkin and cucumber, respectively. The preference was three kinds of vegetables that were more delicious than frequently eaten in home. The preference analysis for cooking method of vegetables showed that stem and leaf vegetables, root vegetables and fruits & vegetables were in the order of boiled rice, soup/stew, and salads, boiled rice, fried food and salads, salad, soups/stew and raw seasoned vegetables, respectively. Therefore, this study was conducted in order to increase the vegetable intake. According to the results of this study, it should be needed to develop menus integrating vegetables and its cooking methods that students preferred and disliked are needed.
Keywords
acceptance; preference; intake; vegetables; middle school students;
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