Physical Development and Dietary Behaviors of Children in Low-Income Families of Seoul Area.
- Author:
Kyung Hui NAM
1
;
Young Mee KIM
;
Go Eun LEE
;
Yu Na LEE
;
Hyojee JOUNG
Author Information
1. Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. hjjoung@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
low income family;
children;
family configuration;
dietary behavior;
physical development
- MeSH:
Breakfast;
Child*;
Education;
Female;
Humans;
Lunch;
Meals;
Nutrition Policy;
Parents;
Seoul*
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2006;11(2):172-179
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Since the economic crisis in 1997, the number of low income families has increased and the turmoil is likely to affect nutritional and health status of the children in low-income families. The purpose of this study was to investigate dietary behaviors and physical development of low income family children in the Seoul area. The subjects were 44 boys and 56 girls, between the ages of 7 and 12 years, from the beneficiary families of the governmental assistant program and enrolled in after school-care centers. A self-reported questionnaire, including general characteristics and dietary behaviors, was applied to the children and their parents. Skipping meal rate was higher in breakfast than in lunch or dinner, and was less frequent in parents and children families compared to that of the other types of families (p<0.05). Most students are shown that they usually keep the dietary guideline for Korean children. There were significant differences in keeping the dietary guidelines between the parents and children family group and other groups in several items. The results imply that the nutrition education program should be more focused on the families which are not composed of parents and children.
