• Journal of Community Nutrition
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2006

Sensory factors are important determinants of appetite and food choices but little is known about factors affecting taste acuity and preference of Koreans. Any factors causing deficits in sweet taste perception may lead to over consumption of simple sugar, which is related to several chronic diseases. This study was conducted to determine factors affecting sweet taste sensitivity and preference. Subjects were 30 government employees who were serving as school dietitians or in the area of public health while they were studying in the program for the qualification to become nutrition teachers. Sweet taste threshold and the optimally-preferred sweetness of omija jelly were determined by a sensory evaluation and general characteristics, health-related lifestyles, dietary habits and food preferences were determined using a self-administered questionnaire. For the subjects of this study, detection threshold concentration of sucrose solution was $0.184{\pm}0.06%$ and optimally-preferred sucrose concentration of omija jelly was $13.88{\pm}2.28%$ and there was no significant correlation between the sweet taste sensitivity and preference. Subjects who had higher(${\ge}4$ out of 10) physical or psychological stress and who had late getting-up time (after 7am) tended to have lower sweet taste threshold (higher sensitivity) than their counterpart. The sweet taste preference determined by optimally-preferred sucrose concentration of omija jelly tended to be lower in the subjects who eat slowly. Those who answered in the questionnaire to prefer sweet foods did have significantly higher optimally-preferred sucrose concentration of omija jelly. Further research is required to determine whether decreased sensitivity and increased preference for sweetness can increase the actual intake of simple sugar. (J Community Nutrition 8(2): 107 -113, 2006)

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.97-107
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• 2000

This study was conducted to investigate the nutritional knowledge and eating behavior of elementary school senior students in Incheon area and to develope education program appropriate for them. Questionnaire was developed and distributed to 551 fifth and sixth grade students of fourteen elementary schools in Incheon area. The data was analyzed using ANOVA. According to the results on nutritional knowledge and attitude, senior students were aware of major sources of some nutrients, but didn't seemed to know about the role of some nutrients. Nevertheless, it was favorable that they took various food from major food groups. But the proportion of students skipping breakfast and taking instant food was high. Their table etiquette was not good at home, but attitude for food hygiene was comparatively good. They recognized Korean traditional food more nutritious than fast food. Even though they understood what was right for eating behavior, they didn't practice it correctly. From these results, it seemed that follow-up study or intervention is necessary to improve nutritional knowledge and eating behavior of the students. Qualified teachers, nutrition specialists, are required in order to develop and apply systematic nutrition education program for correcting inappropriate eating behavior of the students. Furthermore, nutrition education for their parents will be more effective.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.22-40
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• 2009

This survey's purpose was to understand the duties of the school dietitians' foodservice management and to identify the uses of preprocessed and processed food in Seoul Metropolitan area schools. The survey was distributed either via e-mail or in person to nutrition teachers and dietitians working at elementary, middle and high schools who participated in training sessions in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon areas from December 2006 until June 2007. Four-hundred fifty-nine out of the total 760 schools that completed the surveys were analyzed. The following summarizes the main duties of school dietitians related to foodservice management: hygiene (100%), nutrition (99.8%), nutrition education (97.2%), cost (96.9%), and food production process control (96.3%). Preprocessed foods were ordered as the following: seafood (2.89) > poultry (2.78) > seeds (2.37), process foods comprised the following order: pastes (4.94) > kimchi (4.91) > dressing materials (4.50). Based on these results, elementary schools must improve methods for developing effective study materials for nutrition education which arc appropriate for each grade.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.74-83
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• 2006

The purposes of this study were to (1) identify the evaluation categories, areas, attributes, and criteria of the school food service program using both a qualitative and a quantitative analyses, (2) define the relative importance of the evaluation categories, areas, attributes, and criteria of the school food service program using analytic hierarchy process, (3) organize the evaluation system to improve quality of the school food service in Korea. A survey was conducted from August to October 2004 to collect data from 172 dietitians, 15 school food service officials at the educational board, 10 professionals of school food service. Statistical analyses were performed on the data utilizing the SPSS 12.0 for Windows and Excel, such as Descriptive statistics and analytic hierarchy process was performed. The result of the analytic hierarchy process indicated that relative importance of evaluation category was 0.4319 (food service manage ment), 0.2369 (nutrition education), 0.1455 (satisfaction) and 0.0912 (parent involvement program). 'Sanitation, safety and facility (0.1739)' was the most important area among the subcategories of food service management, followed by nutrition management (0.1581), procurement (0.1375), production (0.1345), organization and personnel management (0.0662), planning (0.0644), food service evaluation (0.0585), financial accountability (0.0555), and information management (0.0554). There existed a relative importance on the three areas of the nutrition program and satisfaction evaluation category: students (0.5281, 0.6221), parents (0.1812, 0.1491), and teachers (0.1838, 0.1618). In the parent involvement program evaluation category, relative importance of committee and monitoring management was 0.4658 and information communication was 0.3724. The quality of food and service to school children can be improved by the appropriate application of the developed evaluation tool for the school food service program.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.32-44
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• 1989

This study was carried out to propose the way to give substantial education for the students of Departments of Food and Nutrition in Junior College. Questionnaires were gathered from the professors of the Departments of Food and Nutrition in Junior Colleges. The results of this study could be summarized as follows. 1. The professors and assistant teachers appointed in Department of Food and Nutrition in Junior Colleges were insufficient in number showing the sufficiency proportion of 35.8% and 61% respectively. 2. Part time lecturers took charge of lectures on major subject up to 27%. 3. The academic backgrounds of all professors were above a master's degree, and the number of professors who were In the doctor's course and who had got doctor's degree amounted to 31.5% and 27.9% respectively. 4. The number of professors who had majored in the course of Food and Nutrition at university or at graduate school was the most and that of Food Engineering ranked the next. 5. The number of professors having careers in the fields of food and nutrition before the appointment to professor amounted to 32%. 6. The number of professors having domestic training managed by the Education Ministry amounted to 67.8%, but those having foreign training amounted to only 8.3%. 7. The number of domestic scientific journals subscribed by one professor was on an average 2.8, but that of foreign was only 0.8. 8. Each professor associated on an average 2.7 kinds of academic society, and published 3.6 pieces of thesis in the last three years. 9. The professors were comparatively satisfied with their present occupations, but they were dissatisfied with such points as deficiency of educational postulates, insufficient income, low level in intellectual faculties of their students and lack of social understanding.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.310-320
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• 2021

This study aimed to investigate the use of environmentally friendly agricultural products (EFAPs) in Chungcheongbuk-do and the perception and satisfaction of school dietitians with EFAPs. The study survey was conducted from April to Jun 2018. Among 195 dietitians, 54.4% were nutrition teachers and 51.3% were working in elementary schools. Of the participants, 65% answered that the percentage of EFAPS in the total food cost was 10~30%. The most used EFAP food group was grains (64.6%), followed by vegetables (26.2%). The main reasons for using EFAPs were subsidies for EFAPs from local governments (85.1%) and students' health (52.3%). The average daily subsidy for EFAPs from the local governments was 201~500 won at 45.1%, and 200 won or less at 34.9%, which was based on one meal per student. In questions on satisfaction with using EFAPs, satisfaction with safety (3.93 out of 5 points) scored the highest, followed by nutrition (3.74), freshness (3.70), appearance (3.32), diversity (2.85), and price (2.78). Therefore, to expand the use of EFAPs in school food service, it is necessary to expand the provision of subsidies and increase EFAP production diversification.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.361-372
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• 2022

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education program on the use of specific food groups in improving nutrition-related knowledge and attitude, dietary behavior, creative problem solving, and STEAM attitude. Methods: We selected two classes at a kindergarten in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. A total of 44 kindergarteners from the two classrooms participated in this study. The experimental group and the control group were formed with 22 students each. The experimental group attended 11 STEAM classes on the use of the grain, fruit, and milk food groups. First, we performed the paired t-test to examine changes from pre-to-post classes for both groups. Then, we used ANCOVA to compare post-test scores between the experimental and control groups with the adjustment of pre-test scores. Results: The results demonstrate that the STEAM education program on the use of the food groups significantly improved (1) nutrition-related knowledge and attitude, and dietary behavior (P < 0.001), (2) creative problem solving (P < 0.001), and (3) STEAM attitude (P < 0.001) in the intervention group when compared with the control group. Conclusions: The STEAM education program on the use of food groups is effective in enhancing nutrition knowledge and attitude, dietary behavior, creative problem solving, and STEAM attitudes among kindergarten students.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.777-788
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to assess physical activities and activity coefficient of preschool children and was to give some concrete information to activate outdoor play and to probe the suggestions to activate outdoor play. 42 preschool children (17 boys and 25 girls) were included. Body weight and height were measured and one-day activity diaries were collected by interviewing with their parents and kindergarten teachers. To measure physical activity during outdoor play, this study was researched the current conditions and content of outdoor play activity in daycare centers, and teacher's perceptions of that outdoor play. The average age of the subjects was 5.0 years. Average height, weight, body fat and body muscle of subjects were 108.9 cm, 18.9 kg, 17.7% and 26.8%, respectively. The subjects spent about 10 hours 39 minutes sleeping; 4 hours 16 minutes personal hygiene and computer working. They spent 88.2% of 24 hours (one day) in "very light activities" and 11.3% in "light activities". Activity coefficient (1.34) of weekday was significantly higher than that of weekend (1.21). And in this study, it was found that most of daycare centers (87.7%) have outdoor play space, 95.2% of them were garden. The teachers recognized that have a outdoor play frequency everyday (48%), three or four times (46%) in a week but they have three or four times (38%), one or two times (30%) because of various indoor program. Also, they recognized that have a outdoor play expending time 21-30 minutes (48%), 31-40 minutes (26%) but they have 21-30 minutes (64%). They answered that have frequency and expending time less than their recognition of outdoor play. Most of daycare center teachers perceived outdoor play to be as important as indoor play, and the teachers believed outdoor play supports children's physical, cognitive, social, and language development. The results of this study may be used to utilize as a basic data for estimate physical activity for preschool children and developed that exercise program to increase physical activity of daycare center outdoor play.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.558-570
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• 2015

정규직 및 비정규직 학교급식 영양(교)사들의 근무환경, 급식환경 및 직무 수행도를 비교하고, 이들 근무환경 및 급식환경의 변수들이 정규직 및 비정규직 영양(교)사의 직무수행도에 끼치는 영향을 살펴보고자 한 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같았다. 1. 대전 충남 지역의 학교영양사 415명을 대상으로 실시된 본 연구에서 정규직 영양교사는 223명, 비정규직 영양사는 192명이었으며, 정규직 영양교사의 60%는 36~40세, 비정규직 영양사는 25세 이하를 제외하고 전 연령층에 골고루 분포하였다. 정규직 영양사 모두 4년제 이상의 학력을 가지고 있었고, 비정규직 영양사의 석사이상 학력자는 정규직 영양교사보다 많았다. 2. 정규직 영양교사는 초등학교에서의 근무비율이 높았고, 비정규직 영양사는 초등학교와 중학교에서의 근무비율이 비슷하였다. 정규직 영양교사는 비정규직 영양사보다 근무시간이 더 길었고, 11년 이상 장기근무자가 더 많았으며 연봉도 더 많았다. 3. 급식수가 400인 이하는 비정규직 영양사가 많았으나, 1,200인 이상은 정규직 영양사가 많았다. 정규직 영양교사는 비정규직 영양사 보다 급식년수가 10년 이상 된 학교에서 더 많이 근무하였다. 종업원 수가 5인 이하인 경우는 비정규직 영양사가 더 많았으나, 종업원 수 6~10인은 정규직 영양사가 더 많았다. 4. 급식생산 관련 5개 직무영역의 직무수행도에서 식단(영양)관리 영역에서는 5개 모든 세부직무가. 구매 및 저장관리에서는 2개 세부직무가, 생산 및 배식관리 영역에서는 4개 모든 세부직무가, 퇴식관리 영역에서는 1개 세부직무가, 급식시설 및 기기관리 영역에서는 1개 세부직무가 정규직 영양교사에서 비정규직 영양사보다 유의적으로 높았다. 5. 급식경영 영역의 3개 세부직무에서, 노무관리 영역에서는 1개 세부직무에서, 기타직무에서는 3개 세부직무에서 정규직 영양교사의 직무수행도가 비정규직 영양사보다 높았다. 위생관리 영역은 정규직 및 비정규직 학교영양사 간에 직무수행도에 차이가 없었다. 6. 식생활지도 영역은 5개 모든 세부직무에서, 영양교육영역은 5개 중 2개 세부직무에서 정규직 영양교사의 직무수행도가 비정규직 영양사에서 보다 높았다. 영양상담 영역의 직무수행도는 두 군간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 7. 학교영양사의 12개 직무영역의 평균 직무수행도 중 5개 직무영역에서 정규직 영양교사의 직무수행도가 비정규직 영양사 보다 유의적으로 높았다. 기타직무가 가장 큰 유의적인 차이를 나타냈고, 그 다음 식생활 지도, 식단관리, 급식경영관리, 생산 및 배식관리의 순이었다. 직무수행도가 가장 낮았던 직무는 두 군 모두 영양상담과 영양교육이었다. 8. 정규직 영양교사는 1일 급식횟수가 많을수록, 급식수가 많을수록, 종업원 수가 많을수록, 고등학교에서 근무할 수록 기타직무와 식생활지도 영역의 직무수행도가 낮아지는 경향이었고, 연령이 낮을수록 학력이 높을수록 구매 및 저장관리의 직무수행도가 높아졌으며, 연봉이 높을수록 식단관리의 직무수행도가 높은 편이었고, 반대로 노무관리의 직무수행도는 낮았다. 종업원의 수가 많을수록 특히 급식경영관리의 직무수행도가 높았다. 9. 비정규직 영양사의 연령이 낮을수록, 근무년수가 짧을수록, 1일 급식횟수가 적을수록, 급식수가 적을수록, 종업원 수가 적을수록, 근무학교의 급식년수가 길수록, 초등학교일수록 기타직무의 수행도가 높았다. 비정규직 영양사의 퇴식관리의 직무수행도는 근무시간이 짧을수록, 1일 급식횟수가 적을수록, 급식수가 적을수록 높아졌다. 위생관리의 직무수행도는 비정규직 영양사의 학력이 높을수록, 급식수가 많을수록, 종업원의 수가 많을수록 높아졌다. 구매 및 저장관리의 직무수행도는 특히 비정규직 영양사의 학력이 낮을수록 높아졌고, 식생활지도의 직무수행도는 초등학교에서 근무하는 영양사에서 높았다. 영양상담직무의 수행도는 급식수가 증가할수록 증가하였다. 결론적으로 본 연구결과 정규직 영양교사와 비정규직 영양사의 일반사항, 근무 및 급식환?을 나타내는 14개 변수 모두에서 정규직 영양교사와 비정구직 영양사간에 유의적인 차이를 나타냈다. 57개 세부직무들 중 1개 세부직무를 제회한 26개 세부직무에서, 12개 직무영역 중 5개 직무영역에서 정규직 영양교사의 직무수행도가 비정규직 영양사의 경우보다 유의적으로 높았다. 일반사항, 근무 및 급식환경 변수들과 학교 영양교사의 직무수행도와의 회귀분석에서도 정규직 영양교사와 비정규직 영양사의 직무수행도에 대한 영향변수와 상관성이 각기 다르게 분석되고 있었다. 현재 한국의 학교급식 영양사의 51%를 차지하는 비정규직 영양사의 직무수행도는 정규직 영양교사의 직무수행도보다 유의적으로 낮았고 따라서 이러한 조건들은 학교급식의 양적 질적 차이를 만들어낼 수 있다. 그러므로 51%에 달하는 비정규직 영양사의 고용안정화 확대를 통한 처우 개선이 시급히 이루어져야 할 것이며 이는 결과적으로 학교영양사들의 직무수행도의 향상을 통해 학교급식의 품질 향상을 가져올 것이며 이로써 학생들의 신체적 정신적 건강 향상이 이루어져 궁극적으로는 국민전체의 건강증진과 복지국가 실현을 앞당길 수 있으리라 사료되었다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.489-499
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• 2010

The effects of a nutritional education program for first grade middle school students were evaluated from August to December, 2006. The study subjects were 82 boys and 90 girls, residing in Gwangju, Korea. To assess the effects of the nutritional education program, pre- and post-questionnaires examining nutritional knowledge, dietary attitudes, and dietary habits were developed. Paired t-test and repeated measures ANOVA were used to evaluate the effects of the nutritional education program. In the general subject, the main after-school activities were studying, watching TV, and using computer (85.5%), and sports (9.3%), suggesting their low physical activity. Parents (46.5%) were indicated as the source of nutritional education rather than teachers (13.4%). Twenty-five percent of girl students had diet experience of skipping meals (54.6%), suggesting the need of proper nutritional education for adolescents' health care. In dietary attitudes, both genders showed some improvement of recognition after education. In the changes in dietary habits, both genders had a significant effect on 'three meals a day, eating breakfast, and regular meal' after education. After education, the rate of having breakfast everyday increased from 52.4% to 65.9% for boys and from 33.3%to 57.8% for girls. In the changes in nutritional knowledge, the appreciation of the importance of school meals increased in both genders from 50.6% to 80.8% after education. The nutritional knowledge, scores of regular eating and well-mannered eating increased in both genders regardless of the students' characteristics. The study results revealed that this education provided an important motivation to improve basic nutritional knowledge and dietary habit. It is recommended to develop systematic and various educational programs and learning materials tailored to subjects before nutritional education.