Korean J Community Nutr.  2011 Dec;16(6):647-660. 10.5720/kjcn.2011.16.6.647.

Development and Effects' Analysis of Nutrition Education Pamphlet for the Lower Grades Elementary Students -Focused on Individual Daily Needed Food Exchange Units-

• Son MJ
• Cho YS
• Kim SN
• Seo HJ
• Kim SB

• KMID: 2267358
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2011.16.6.647

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of nutrition education program and pamphlet for the lower grades elementary students focused on individual daily needed food exchange units using Food Exchange System. Program consisted of four lessons (40 min/lesson), "5 major nutrients & function", "6 food group and sources", "daily needed food exchange units for normal body weight", and "smart snack choice and exercise". Pamphlet as activity book was developed for the program. The subjects were 3rd grade elementary students (educated group, 31 vs. non-educated group, 31). Educated group were lessoned as group and/or individual. We examined the differences in nutrition knowledge, dietary attitudes, dietary intakes and satisfaction of the program and pamphlet. In educated group, there were positive improvements on nutrition knowledge score "function and foods of 5 nutrients" and on dietary attitudes "type of breakfast and snacks". In the evaluation of dietary intakes according to KDRI, there were positive improvements on intakes level of riboflavin, vit. C, folate, Ca, P, Fe and Zn in educated group. In satisfaction with the program and pamphlet, contents, font size, visual, figure, difficulty and program curriculum were over 2.90/3.0. It showed that the developed nutrition education program and pamphlet focused on individual daily needed food exchange units using Food Exchange System improved nutrition knowledge, dietary attitudes and nutrients intake level in the lower grades elementary students.

Keyword

Food Exchange System; nutrition education program; lower grades elementary school students; pamphlet; food exchange units

MeSH Terms

Breakfast
Curriculum
Folic Acid
Humans
Pamphlets
Riboflavin
Snacks
Folic Acid
Riboflavin

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  Fig. 1 The developed nutrition education pamphlet.

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