A Study on the Perception of Nutritional Education by Students in Elementary School and Their Parents in the Chungnam Area.
- Author:
Mi Kyeong CHOI
1
;
Yun Jung BAE
;
Myung Hee KIM
;
Oh Sun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Food & Nutrition, Kongju National University, Kongju 314-701, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
school foodservice satisfaction;
nutrition education;
elementary school students;
parents
- MeSH:
Eating;
Humans;
Mass Media;
Parents;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
2010;16(1):39-48
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was conducted to assess the perception of nutritional education by students in elementary school and their parents in terms of the degree of satisfaction with school foodservices. The survey was conducted on 322 parents and 322 students using a questionnaire. Most of the students and parents were satisfied with the school foodservices, the most satisfactory component of school foodservice was the "balanced nutrition intake". The students and parents acquired nutritional information from the "school letter" and "Mass media". They trusted professional dietitians, the school and the nutritional information acquired from accredited mass media. In regards to the type of nutritional education, 28.9% of parents preferred "clinical nutrition information on disease" and 26.9% of parents preferred "nutrition information of food". In contrast, 33.7% of the students preferred the "clinical nutrition information on disease" and 25.4% of the students preferred "right eating habit (unbalanced eating, skipping meal)". The top three reasons for wanting to provide offspring with nutritional information was "right eating habit" (48.9%), "correction of unbalanced diet" (19.8%) and "healthy physical strength" (12.1%). The dietitians need professionalism to deliver accurate information and knowledge relating to the subjects that the users demand and the development of teaching media should be conducted to effectively deliver this knowledge.
