Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Attitudes of the School Foodservice Dietitians Working in Kyungnam Area.
- Author:
Hyun Sook YOON
1
Author Information
1. Department of Food and Nutrition, Changwon National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
school dietitians;
nutrition knowledge;
dietary attitude.
- MeSH:
Gyeongsangnam-do*;
Humans;
Nutritionists*;
Single Person
- From:Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
2000;6(2):179-188
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This survey was conducted in February 24, 1999, in order to investigate the nutritional knowledge and dietary attitude of the school dietitians working in Kyungnam area. Subjects consisted of 305 school dietitians of which 163 married and 141 unmarried. The results obtained are summarized as follows : The average nutritional knowledge score was 10.50 out of possible 15 points, and dietary attitude score was 69.36 out of 100 points. Most of the subjects belonged to "Fair" group in terms of nutritional knowledge and dietary attitude level. Married dietitians scored significantly higher on dietary attitudes than unmarried dietitians (p<0.05). The correlation between nutritional knowledge score and dietary attitude score was not statistically significant(r=0.107)
