• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.19-34
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• 2015

Current study aimed to evaluate elementary school children's perception and eating attitude towards vegetables and analyze environmental factors influencing it. Survey was conducted among elementary school students and their parents in Gangwon district, 410 subjects each(Total 742, 391 students, 351 parents). The results are as follows. Both the children(64.3%) and the parents(84.9%) showed high concern over health. 46.6% of children and 52.4% of parents admitted unbalanced eating behavior, and commonly avoided foods were mostly vegetables such as mushroom, carrot, garlic, sweet pepper-green, welsh onion, kimchi, pumpkin, or beans. Unbalanced eating habit was significantly related to health consideration in choosing what to eat(p<0.01) and interest in health(p<0.05). 70.9% of children with unbalanced eating habit showed intention for correction, and those with high interest in health had stronger intention (p<0.01). Regarding children's perception of 20 kinds of vegetables frequently used in school lunch, swiss chard leaf beet, amaranthus magistratus, and curled mallow were rarely heard of or hardly eaten before. Korean chinese cabbage, radish(62.7%), cucumber(62.1%), perilla leaves(60.4%), lettuce(58.1%), and spinach(54.5%) were among the most frequently eaten. Survey result on children's preference for the vegetables shows lettuce, cucumber, Korean chinese cabbage, perilla leaves, spinach, and radish were highly preferred and stem of garlic, crown daisy, sweet pepper-green, pepper, and curled mallow were the least preferred. There was a significant positive correlation(p<0.01, p<0.001) between children's and their parent's preference for each vegetables, implying that children's preference towards vegetables is greatly influenced by their parent's choice. Children showed negative attitude towards vegetables with strong flavor and tended to avoid vegetables that they remember as not tasty. This suggest that strong flavor and negative prior experience is what determines children's attitude in vegetable consumption. Many children said they try to eat vegetables even if they haven't had it before, and this tendency was significantly correlated with the degree of interest in health(p<0.05) and the degree of consideration of health in choosing what to eat(p<0.001).

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1660-1666
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• 2008

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.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.772-783
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• 2015

This study focuses on horticultural activities using colorful food to reduce diets unbalanced in vegetables and to increase emotional intelligence. Horticultural activities using colorful food vegetables were based on 'Health in Daily Life' in the '7th Kindergarten Curriculum'; to improve the dietary habits of the young children, the program was also linked with a parents' education program. The research was conducted with a total of 70 children from classes for four-year-olds in three child-care centers located in Seoul. The horticultural activities based upon nutrition education included activities using colorful food vegetables and nutrition education. For the nutrition education group, only nutrition education was provided, while neither horticultural activities nor nutrition education were provided to the control group. The study was conducted from September to December 2011. A total of twelve sessions were conducted once a week for 60 minutes each. According to the result, after the horticultural activities with colorful food vegetable were conducted, both the nutrition education group and horticultural activity & nutrition education group showed improvements in 'Nutrition Knowledge' compared to the control group. Regarding 'Unbalanced Diet Behaviors', the horticultural activities & nutrition education group showed meaningful decreases compared to the control group. Moreover for preference of fruits and vegetables, the horticultural activities & nutrition education group revealed meaningful improvements. In conclusion, colorful food vegetable horticultural activity could be an effective approach to resolve the imbalance of health caused by unbalanced diets as children who participated in the colorful food vegetable horticultural activities continued to respond spontaneously to the colors of vegetables and fruits and showed joy and kept voluntarily eating them.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.712-720
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to examine whether any correlation exists between the dental health capacity and preferred foods of Korean senior citizens over the age of 65 years. The 5th Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey were used. Tissue health index (T-health), Sound teeth (ST), Functioning teeth index (FS-T), Present teeth (PT), and Missing teeth (MT) were used as variables to assess the dental health capacity of the elderly. Preferred foods of the elderly included 63 foods that were categorized as cereals, pulses and roots, meat and poultry, fish, vegetables, sea algae, fruits, milk and dairy products, cream and sugar, and other foods. For data analysis, the weighted average was taken into consideration to generate planning files, and then complex sample analysis were conducted. For statistical analysis, frequency analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and compound specimen linear regression analysis were conducted. T-health score was significantly high in the group with high preference for cereals, fruits, and other foods. In terms of age and economic status, 65~69 years, 70~74 years, and mid to low range in the income ranges scored high in T-health. ST score was significant in the group that preferred cereals, other foods; the corresponding demographic profiles represent 65~69 years, 70~74 years, and the mid-range income communities. FS-T was significant in relation with a preference for fruits, creams and sugars, other foods; the scores were also high for 65~69 years, 70~74 years, and mid-low to low income groups. PT and MT were significant in the group that preferred cereals and fruits; the same applied for 65~69 years, 70~74 years, and mid-low to low income individuals (p<0.05). Food preferences seemed to vary depending on the dental health state of the elderly, and the dental health state of the elderly may act as a risk factor for nutritional imbalance.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.73-88
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to investigate the primary school students' and their mothers' vegetables preferences. Total of 360 students and their 360 mothers in Seoul and Gumi-si were participated in survey during July, 2011, and data of 253 students and their 253 mothers(70.3%) were analyzed by SPSS ver 12.0. The preference scores of mothers were higher than those of students in all kinds of vegetables examined, except bean sprout and laver. The preference scores of lower grader(2, 3 grade) were higher than higher graders(5, 6 grade), and those of female student were higher than male students. The preference accordance degree of students and their mothers were highest in seaweeds group, and lowest in root stalk vegetables. The onion, welsh onion, water dropwart, mustard kimchi were showed specially low student-mother preference accordance. Among the 50 vegetables investigated, all mother had chance to eat was 31 vegetables, and all students had chance to eat was 10 vegetables. The 3 kinds of seaweeds such as seastaghorn, ceylon moss and seaweed fusiforme were the foods that more than half of student had no experience to taste. Environmental variables, such as having the sibling, whether or not mother had job, the type of breakfast foods, and food and frequency of eating-out, all had no significant influences on vegetables preferences.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.926-933
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to evaluate vegetable intakes according to body mass index (BMI) of adolescents. For this, 400 middle and high school adolescents living in Buyeogun, Chungnam were classified into underweight group, healthy weight group, and overweight group according to BMI, after which eating habits, daily intake levels of vegetables, perception of vegetables, and vegetable-related eating habits were compared and analyzed. As the reason for skipping breakfast, 'Lack of time (44.3%)' was the most frequently cited. In the case of unbalanced food intakes, the underweight group and overweight group showed the highest response for 'grain' while the healthy weight group showed the highest response for 'vegetables' with significant differences (P<0.001). Daily intakes of one serving size of vegetables was 3.3 in the underweight group, 3.8 servings in the healthy weight group, and 3.8 servings in the overweight group, but there was no significant difference. However, frequency of vegetable intake at lunch was once in the underweight group, which was significantly lower than 1.3 servings in the healthy weight group and 1.4 servings in the overweight group (P<0.05). Regarding perception of vegetables, perception of 'Vegetable consumption helps to get beautiful skin' (P<0.01) and 'I eat vegetables or don't eat depending on a cooking method' (P<0.05) were significantly higher in the underweight group. In the evaluation of vegetables-related eating habits, preference for vegetables in the underweight group was lower than that in the healthy weight and overweight groups (P<0.05). Summarizing the above results, vegetable intake by adolescents was generally low, and the frequency of vegetable intake at lunch as well as preference for vegetables were significantly lower in the underweight group. Studies to identify the relationships between adolescent body types and vegetable intakes are required.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1089-1090
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• 2003

본 연구는 대구ㆍ경북지역 대장직장암 환자의 일반 생활 상황과 식행동 특성을 분석 평가하여 지역민의 대장직장암 예방을 위한 영양교육에 활용할 수 있는 식생활 관련 기초 자료를 얻고자 수행되었다. 최근 경북대학교 병원에서 대장직장암 진단을 받고 입원한 수술 전후 환자 123명 (남 79명, 여 44명)을 환자군 대상으로 하였고 대장질환이 없는 정형외과 환자 등 182명(남 117명, 여 65명)을 비교군 대상으로 하였다. 대상자의 일반 특성, 식습관, 식행동 특성, 식품섭취 빈도 등의 내용을 포함한 설문지를 이용하여 개인 면담을 통하여 조사하였다. 현재 BMI와 과거 가장 높았던 체중의 BMI는 남녀 모두 환자군에서 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 환자군의 교육 수준은 비교군에 비해 낮았고 주 거주지역 분포는 농촌이 가장 많았으며 가계 소득은 환자군에서 비교군에 비하여 높은 것으로 나타났다. 주요 일상활동 강도는 비교군에 비해 환자군에서 유의적으로 가벼운 것으로 나타났다. 발병 전 일상생활에서 느끼는 스트레스의 정도가 환자군에서 비교군에 비해 유의적으로 높았던 것으로 나타났다. 자신의 성격 유형을 비관적인 것으로 생각하는 비율과 가족의 암 병력이 환자군에서 유의적으로 높게 나타났다 식사의 규칙성에서도 환자군에서 끼니를 거르는 비율이 유의적으로 높았다. 환자군은 비교군에 비해 육식을 유의적으로 높게 선호하였으며 외식시 고기류를 선호하는 비율이 높았다. 평소 물 섭취량은 환자군에서 비교군에 비해 적었다. 환자군이 비교군에 비해 짠맛에 대한 선호도가 유의적으로 높았고 단 맛과 매운 맛은 비교군에 비해 싫어하는 경향을 보였으며 기름진 맛을 선호하는 경향이 환자군에서 유의하게 높았다. 환자군에서 굽기, 튀기기를 좋아하는 경향이 유의적으로 높았다. 환자군에서 음주 빈도, 음주량 그리고 커피 섭취량이 높게 나타났으며, 1일 흡연량이 많았고, 흡연 시작 연령은 빨랐으며, 금연 연령은 늦어 흡연 기간이 유의적으로 긴 것으로 나타났다. 환자군의 영양지식 정도와 영양태도는 비교군에 비해 유의적으로 낮았고 환자군의 영양지식 수준이 높을수록 좋은 영양태도를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 과거 10년간 식품 섭취 빈도 조사 결과 환자군은 등푸른 생선류와 콩류 및 된장, 두부를 비교군에 비해 유의적으로 더 많이 섭취하였고 해조류, 생 녹황색채소류, 익힌 녹황색 및 담색채소류와 녹차를 더 적게 섭취한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 일상생활의 스트레스와 가족의 암 병력 및 비관적 성격 유형이 대장직장암 발병의 위험인자가 될 수 있음을 제시하며 육식 선호, 적은 양의 물 섭취, 짜고 기름진 맛에 대한 높은 기호도, 음주, 흡연, 커피의 섭취 그리고 나쁜 식습관이 대장직장암 발생과 관련된 식생활 위험인자가 될 수 있음을 제시한다. 해조류, 녹황색채소, 담색채소, 녹차가 대장직장암 발생의 보호인자의 가능성도 제시되었다. 따라서 향후 지역적 식문화 특성을 고려한 보다 광범위하고 체계적인 조사 연구를 통해 이 지역의 대장직장암 발생의 위험인자와 보호인자를 재확인할 필요가 있다고 보며 본 연구의 결과는 지역민의 대장직장암 예방을 위한 영양교육 자료로서 활용될 수 있다고 본다.

• Food preservation and processing industry
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.2-7
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• 2005

신선편이 농산식품에 대한 소비자 조사에 대한 요약은 다음과 같다. 1. 과실 및 채소류의 구입 장소는 대형할인마트가 $60.5\%$로 가장 많으며 연령이 감소할수록 대형할인마트에서의 구입 빈도가 높았다. 2. 과실과 채소류의 구입 빈도는 전업주부 보다는 직장인의 구입 빈도가 높았다. 3. 신선편이 농산식품을 구입하게 된 동기는 조리시간 단축, 적정량 구입이 가장 많은 것으로 나타났으며, 구입하지 않은 이유로는 비싼 가격과 신선해 보이지 않기 때문으로 대답하였으나 향후 구입 의향에 대해서는 $68.1\%$가 긍정적인 반응을 나타내었다. 5. 신선편이 농산식품의 구입경험은 $62\%$로 식품소비층인 30-40대, 고학력일수록 더 많이 구입한 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 구입경험이 있는 사람은 편리성, 신선함, 맛, 다양성 등의 긍정적인 반응을 보였으나 구입경험이 없는 사람은 익숙하지 않거나 비싸다고 생각하는 것으로 나타났다. 6. 신선편이 농산식품의 구매 형태는 필요한양만큼 절단된 형태를 선호 하였다. 7. 신선편이 농산식품의 적정가격 수준은 신선 과실 및 채소 가격의 $110-140\%$를 가장 많이 선택했다 8. 신선편이 농산식품의 구매 고려 품질요인으로는 신선함, 위생, 외관 등의 순 이였고 이들을 개선한다면 지속적으로 구매하겠다고 대답한 사람이 $87.7\%$로 조사되었다.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.27-35
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• 2017

Microbiological, physicochemical, and organoleptic properties of fresh-cut vegetables (FVs), carrots, green peppers, cherry tomatoes, and paprika after X-ray irradiation were evaluated to verify food quality suitable for the immune-depressed patients. Total concentrations of aerobic bacteria in non-irradiated samples, except for cherry tomatoes, were 1.63-3.34 log CFU/g. Irradiation dose exceed 0.4 kGy was used for carrots and green peppers whereas the sterilization dose of 0.2 kGy was used for both cherry tomatoes and paprika. A dose of 0.4 kGy was tentatively determined as the minimum allowable dose for sterilization of the FVs, based on $D_{10}$-values of X-ray irradiation (0.11-0.32 kGy) for Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella Typhimurium inoculated on the samples. With respect to the physiological properties, only hardness was significantly decreased as the absorbed dose increased; however, there were no significant differences in hardness of the sterilized samples using X-rays at 0.4 kGy compared with those of non-irradiated samples (p<0.05). Moreover, overall acceptance scores of the sterilized FVs were higher than 5.0 points on a 7-point scale, indicating a good organoleptic quality. In a survey on preference of hospitalized patients with cancer (n=50), the average scores for the sterilized FVs, except for carrots, were higher than 4.0 points. In conclusion, it is considered that the FVs, except for carrots, sterilized using X-rays at 0.4 kGy could be served to immune-depressed patients as hygienically safe foods with acceptable organoleptic properties.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1053-1054
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• 2003

유아기는 식품 기호도, 식사예절, 식습관 등 식행동의 기초가 형성되는 시기로서 특히 편식이 생기기 쉽고, 식욕부진과 영양과잉 등 불균형한 식품 섭취로 인한 영양문제를 초래할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 2003년 7월 구미지역 2개 보육시설의 92명 유아들의 부모들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 유아들의 식습관과 식품 기호도를 조사하고 이를 고려하여 유아를 위한 메뉴를 개발하고 평가하였다. 개발한 메뉴는 일반식 (삼각김밥, 오징어전), 편식 (도라지강정, 브로콜리스프), 빈혈식(쇠간함박스테이크, 참치깻잎쌈밥), 비만식(참치샐러드, 닭안심깻잎조림), 전통식(떡찜, 두부선) 등 각 2가지씩 총 10가지이며, 2003년 10월 시식회를 거쳐 656명의 유아들에게 맛, 냄새, 모양, 조직감, 전반적인 기호도 등에 대해 5점 척도법으로 메뉴평가를 실시하였다. 식습관 조사결과 편식습관이 있는 경우가 70.7%였으며, 평소 싫어하는 음식에 대해서는 권유로 마지못해 먹는다가 67.4%로 가장 많았다. 성별에 따른 유아의 식습관을 분석해 본 결과 전반적으로 남녀간 유의한 차이는 없었으나 남아가 여아보다 탄산음료를 즐겨 마시는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 기호도 조사결과 10가지 식품군 중 과일류에 대한 기호도(3.97$\pm$0.65점)가 가장 높았고, 채소류에 대한 기호도(2.46$\pm$0.68점)가 가장 낮았으며, 기호도가 특히 낮았던 식품으로는 곡류 및 감자류 중에는 보리밥과 콩밥, 육류 및 가공품 중에는 간과 내장, 두류 및 가공품 중에는 팥, 어패류 중에는 굴, 해조류 중에는 파래, 채소류 중에는 토란, 브로콜리, 도라지 등이었다. 조리법별로는 튀김류(3.80$\pm$0.68)가 가장 높았고 그 다음이 볶음ㆍ구이류(3.77$\pm$0.56)였으며 기호도가 가장 낮은 음식은 생채류(2.61$\pm$1.27)와 숙채류(2.85$\pm$1.13)인 것으로 나타났다. 개발한 메뉴의 선호도는 전반적으로 높았으며 맛에 대한 선호도(4.30$\pm$0.91)가 가장 높았고, 모양에 대한 선호도(3.95$\pm$0.89)가 가장 낮았다. 메뉴별 맛에 대한 선호도는 닭안심깻잎조림 (4.85$\pm$0.36)과 두부선(4.85$\pm$0.52)이 가장 높았고, 참치깻잎쌈밥(3.43$\pm$1.61)이 가장 낮았으며 냄새에 대한 선호도는 두부선(4.76$\pm$0.69), 닭안심깻잎조림 (4.64$\pm$0.53), 브로콜리스프(4.59$\pm$0.88)가 유의하게 높았고 참치깻잎쌈밥(2.95$\pm$1.24)은 유의하게 낮았다. 모양에 대한 선호도는 두부선이 4.85$\pm$0.52점으로 유의하게 높은 점수를 보였으며 쇠간함박스테이크(3.03$\pm$0.17)와 참치깻잎쌈밥(3.11$\pm$1.33)이 유의하게 낮은 점수를 보였다. 조직감에 대한 선호도는 두부선(4.80$\pm$0.56)과 브로콜리스프(4.63$\pm$0.60)가 유의하게 높게 나타났고, 참치깻잎쌈밥(3.20$\pm$1.29)이 유의하게 낮았다. 전반적인 선호도는 맛, 냄새, 모양, 조직감에서 모두 선호도가 높았던 두부선이 4.82$\pm$0.49점으로 가장 유의하게 높았으며 참치깻잎쌈밥이 3.17$\pm$1.30점으로 가장 낮게 나타났다. 음식의 맛, 냄새, 모양, 조직감 및 전반적인 기호도간에는 모두 유의한 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.01). 따라서 음식의 맛에 영향을 주는 요인은 맛 자체뿐만 아니라 냄새, 모양, 조직감 등 다양하므로 어릴 때부터 가정과 보육시설에서 다양한 식품과 조리법을 이용하여 맛있고, 먹고싶은 냄새가 나고, 부드러우며, 모양도 먹음직스럽게 조리하여 유아들의 올바른 식습관 형성에 도움이 되도록 하는 것이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.