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KMID : 0358119850110020003
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
1985 Volume.11 No. 2 p.3 ~ p.16
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AN ECOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD NUTRITION IN A SAEMAUL DAY CARE CENTER, LOCATED IN THE SUBURB OF DAEGU
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Abstract
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An ecological survey: of early childhood nutrition was undertaken among 136 preschool children aged3 to 6 years old, of the Saemaul Galilee day care center, located in one suburb area of Daegu, between. July 7 and 13, 1984. The results are summarized as follows:
The average monthly income of each family was W337, 000, and 20.9% of households were below 200, 000; the average number of family members per household was 4.6; and the number of family members living together per room was 3.2. About 42.9% of mothers were engaged in income generating activities.
The percentage of children having meals with all the family members was 84.2% for breakfast and. 80.8% for dinner. Energy intake was divided among breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack in a percentage ratio of 18: 28: 20: 34. In frequency of skipping breakfast, 29.8% of subjects skipped every morning or often skipped; and the others never skipped. About 56% of those children complained of having poor appetite at breakfast. About 16% of the subjects had many dislikes in what they ate; and 54.2% had a. certain number of dislikes; and 30% had good food habits. Approximately 47.9% of the subjects had meals while watching TV. Concerning of dietary staple, boiled rice was taken at home by 94% of the subjects at breakfast; by 57, °o at lunch; and by 78% at dinner. The survey indicated that 58.6% of children had simply only one kind of side dish with boiled rice at breakfast. The survey also found that children;
5 liked later, fruits, milk and milk products, Chajang noodle, steamed corn, and Ramyun, in that order; man contrast, lowest preference was for beans, aromatic or purple-colored vegetables, peppery and strongly flavored meals. During infancy, 64.2% of the children had been breast-fed; 17.5% had been bottle-fed; 15. 8% had been combination-fed; and 2.5% had been fed cereals before the introduction of solid supplementary foods. Initiation of supplementary feeding between 7 and 8 months of age was found among 30.3% of subjects and 29.4% of subjects began to be introduced to the supplementary food before 6 months of age. As for termination of breast-feeding 61. 9% of subjects were between 13 to 18 months´ of age; 15.2% were 12 months or younger; and 22.9% were 19 to 37 months old. As for method of stopping breast-feeding, 54.3% of subjects were forced to terminate by the application of medicines to the mother´s nipples.
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