영양교육이 편식 아동의 식행동에 미치는 효과 : 인천지역 초등학생을 중심으로 An Investgation of Children at Elementary Schools in Incheon = Effects of Nutritional Education on Food Behavior of Unbalaced Diet Children

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This study investigated the effects of a 7 week nutritional educational program on the unbalanced dietary habits, tastes, dietary attitudes, and nutritional knowledge of 127 fourth grade students. The subjects were selected from seven elementary schools that were under the supervision of the Dongbu Office of Education in Incheon. Results showed that most of the subjects were fully aware of the fact that they were on an unbalanced diet. It was also revealed that the main reason for their unbalanced diet was that they tended not to eat foods that did not fit their tastes. After implementation of the 7 week nutritional education, the subjects' unbalanced dietary habits significantly decreased, but their desires to fix their unbalanced diet failed to increase. The subjects' tastes showed a positive change in their perception towards vegetables, seafood, and seaweed to a significant degree; however, their appetite for meat, eggs, beans, frozen foods, and processed goods did not show any noticeable change. A significant increase was also found on the level of the subjects' nutritional knowledge but not in their dietary habits and dietary attitudes.