To evaluate the results of nutrition education in high school, the contents of the luuch box of senior high school girls were surveyed. Among 540 students in Attached Senior High School, College of Education, Seoul National University, 403 girls who had carried a luuch box were selected as a subject.
All the nutrients except vitamin D given in Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances were calculated for the foods in lunch box and compared with the Recommended Allowances for Korean people, and foods in lunch box were also considered as a food groups. To see how many students had an interest about
w their own nutrition, poeple who packed lunch box were also checked.
Results are as follows
1) all the nutrients except iron and niacin of lunch box were low when compared with Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances for Korean people
2) Over 50,% of calorie, protein, vitamin BI, and niacin were provided by main food-rice, although other nutrients were principally from side dish.
3) Side dishes were few in kinds and chiefly salty foods such as preserved and processed foods were in the lunch box. There was no consideration in cooking method.
4) There may be a fault in nutrition education in high school because, there were only few students who had an interest in their own nutrition.
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