This is an overall assessment of young child nutrition and food ecology, which was
-conducted in the low-income areas of Seoul and Daegu, between 1982 and 1984. Determination
was made on a total of 455 urban young children, 3 to 6 years old, in Saemaul day care
centers, in the areas of Sancheon dong, Bongcheon 5-dong and Hawolkog 3-dong in the city
-of Seoul; and Eumnae dong in the city of Daegu. The results are summarized as follows:
1) Intake of energy and nutrients except thiamin were below the RDAs; iron was the most limited nutrient. Carbohydrate provided 71.2%o of total energy intake; protein accounted for 12.5%; fat provided 16.396. Forty percent of - daily protein intakes were derived from animal sources. Energy intake was divided among breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack, in a percentage ratio of 19.6: 25.1: 21.9: 33.4.
2) During infancy, 65% of the children had been breast-fed; 13.4% had been bottle-fed; and 21.6% had been combination-fed before the introduction of solid supplementary foods.
Ki Seventeen percent of the subjects had many dislikes in what they ate; 49% had a certain number of dislikes; and 34% had good food preference. There was a strong correlation between appetite or food preference and anthropometric measurements. The foods which children liked best were fruits, milk, seaweed and Chajang noodles. Disliked foods were rice cooked with beans, aromatic vegetables, eggplants and strongly spiced meals. The survey clarified ´that day care feeding amply supplemented an inadequate
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