Korean J Community Nutr.
2008 Aug;13(4):499-509.
Interview Survey of Elementary School Students'Nutrition Education and Practice
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- 1Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyungwon University, Seongnam, Korea. leeym@kyungwon.ac.kr
- 2Department of Home Economics Education, PaiChai University, Dacheon, Korea.
- 3Department of Food and Nutrition, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Science & Technology Education for Life, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University Yongin, Korea.
- 6Department of Food and Nutrition, Yeungnam University, Kyungsan, Korea.
- 7Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
- 8Korea food and drug administration, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- This study investigated the experience and practice of elementary school students on nutrition education. The data were collected from 217 male and female students attending 5-6th grade elementary schools in Seoul and Kyunggi-Do from March to June 2007, interviewing face to face by a nutrition teacher and 3 interns of a nutrition teacher. The results were as follows: 86.5% of the subjects learned about 'Table etiquette', 'Reasons for eating fruits and vegetables'(78.7%), 'Food waste and environment'(72.3%), 'Healthy snacks'(55.7%), 'Food sanitation'(52.3%), 'Food culture of foreign countries'(48.1%). Nutrition education experience was significantly different by gender. A total of 43.5% boys responded that they never learned about 'basic food preperation'(p < 0.01). They had learned 'Nutrients for body'and 'Food waste and environment'in school, 'Healthy weight loss', 'Food culture of foreign countries', 'Food circulation'on television, Most content ('Table etiquette', 'Simple cooking', 'Food sanitation', 'Eating behaviors for health', 'Reasons for eating fruits and vegetables', 'Healthy snacks') was learned from parents. The practice after nutrition education was higher in 'Table etiquette'(2.14), 'Eating fruits and vegetables'(2.07) than others compared with education experience. The most reason of non-practice on nutrition information was 'Troublesome'. In 'Nutrients for body', a boy answered 'Difficult for practice'20.0%, a girl answered 'Difficult to understand'32.6%, showing a significant difference between the gender groups (p < 0.001). They remembered the 'Nutrients for body'(49.6%), 'Food sanitation'(44.5%) because of 'important content', 'Basic food preparation'(40.6%), 'Food culture of foreign countries'(36.3%) because of 'interesting content', 'Healthy weight loss'(52.0%), 'Eating behavior for health'(44.5%) and 'Healthy snacks'(33.7%) because of 'need for my health'.
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