The purpose of this survey was to study the nutritional status of fishing area, which was based on data from the nutritional survey in-Yegu area, Wahyeon-ri, Il un-myeon, kojekoon, Kyeong Nam province. It was carried by two nutrition professors with 30 Dong Nae Women´s junior College student majoring in food and nutrition at 12 through 18 August 1980.
The survey was carried out 42 households from a total 54 households, were randomly selected, that contains 271 family members.
The results obtained in this study are summarized as follows; i. Status of food intake.
T he average food intake per person per day was 916. 2g, which contain 89 % in vegetables and 11 in animal foods.
2. Status of nutrients intake
1) Average intake of calorie in the surveyed area was 2025.4 Kcal per person per day. On. the other hand average calorie intake by adult person was 2531. 7 Kcal per day, which is, about 6 °0 lower than 2700Kcal recommended by RDA. Also it was observed that most. of calorie was from such- vegetative foods. The ratio of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, to total calories was 81: 12:
2) Average intake of protein by an individual was 63.5g per day. On the other hand average, protein intake of adult person was 74. 7 g per day, which indicate about 7°0 lower intake than 80gr in RDA. Animal protein was 34% against total protein.
3) Average calcium intake of adult person in the area surveyed was 338.8mg per day, which is 56% against 600mg in RDA. However, average iron intake of adult person was 16.8mg, it was 68% higher than 10mg in RDA
4) Vitamin B (1.4mg) and niacin (20.4mg) of adult person per-day were higher than the RDA. But vitamin A (1863.5 I.)) -and vitamin C (42.4mg) were slightly ´lower than" that. Especially, vitamin B2 (0.6mg) was the lowest value among them.
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