Korean J Community Nutr.  2014 Oct;19(5):425-435. 10.5720/kjcn.2014.19.5.425.

The Effectiveness of Na Reduction Program for Cook in Child-care Center: Focus on Self-reevaluation and Strengthen Consciousness

• Shin H
• Lee Y

• KMID: 2268106
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2014.19.5.425

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to develop a Na-reduction education program and apply it for cooks who prepare meals in day-care centers. To development of the program was based on increasing the self-awareness of salinity, eating behaviors and enforcing skills of low-Na cooking.
METHODS
The study was carried out from April to October in 2013, fifty five cooks participated in this program. The Na reduction program composed of 4 sessions of education which included a 90-minute lecture and self-reevaluation of personal saltsensitivity degree and three low Na recipe cooking classes. In order to measure the effectiveness of the program, the pretest and posttest of salinity of the soups provided by day care centers was conducted at registration and 5 month after the program with the same menu.
RESULTS
After the conduct of the program, salimeter using rate was increased from 8.2% to 94.6% after the program and the other measuring instruments using rate was gradually increased. We observed that the score on eating behaviors increased 1.51 points from 38.80 to 40.31 after the intervention program (p < 0.001). Further, increased knowledge and skill provided by the intervention program resulted in improved Nareduction cooking capability. According to the results from analyzing the soup salinity, the salinity in watery soup was significant reduced from 0.556 to 0.449 0.107 and soybean-paste soup was significant reduced from 0.669 to 0.551 after the intervention program (p < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS
As the result of fact, the intervention programs that was based on self-reevaluation, to enforce practical skill and consciousness was effective to serve low sodium menu at day care centers.

Keyword

low salt; salimeter; cooking class; self-recognition; child-care center

MeSH Terms

Consciousness*
Cooking
Day Care, Medical
Education
Feeding Behavior
Humans
Meals
Salinity
Sodium
Sodium

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Design of Na reduction program

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  Fig. 2 The differences in salinity between the objective test and the self-evaluation

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  Fig. 3 The rate of Using measuring cooking utensils for salinity control from pre-intervention to post-intervention

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