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KMID : 0381019730060010071
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Korean Journal of Nutrition
1973 Volume.6 No. 1 p.71 ~ p.76
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A Survey of the Status of Nutrition in Rural Korea
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Lim,David J.
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Abstract
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1. This survey is somewhat different from that conducted by Yonsei University, although being in many respects, very similar. We found the average per capita caloric intake to be 7 or 8961 of what it should be. Of that caloric intake, 84. 5% in the model village here and 82. 2910 in the compared village Bupyong, by and large depends on cereal grains. Since such grains tend to distend the stomach, the farmers, it seems, should substitute fat for a part of their diet so as to dimish digestive pain and still receive the necessary calories.
2. Protein is the most important nutrient for the development of physical strength and improvement of health, but the average daily intake is only 68. 3961 of the necessary amount It is desirable that the ratio of vegetable protein to that of animal be one to three for maintaining one´s health Most of the villager´s protein, however, comes from plants: the intake of animal protein, at a level of only 13.6 g, is far below such a one to three ratio.
3. In the model village, 497. 6 mg, of inorganic calcium is the daily, intake level.. In the compared village it is 505.5 mg, making a difference of only 8 mg. This, however, is 35% less than the recommended intake. More than 50% of this calcium comes from cereals and other plants. Moreover, plant calcium which has much oxakuc aced us not as nutritional as animal calcium, so their calcium diet is less than it would appear. We must, therefore, make efforts to receive as good nutritional calcium as possible.
4. Among the vitamin group, the daily average intake of vitamin A and vitamin B, are respectively 40% and 32% less than the desired intake, while vitamin Br happens to be taken in sufficient quantities and more niacin is taken than which is even necessary . The intake of vitamin C is much more than the necessary quantity. However, this figure was calculated from uncooked food; if the loss from cooking were to be considered, the real intake might well be a little less Also, as this survey was carried out in May, some of these results were influenced by the fact that lettuce and spinach are seasonally popular.
In conclusion, except for a few nutrients which are in abundance, the normal -food intake in a day is, on the whole, less than the average recommended. Furthermore despite the fact that both of these places are model villages in the development of nutrition, it seems that they have not gotten out of such conventional eating habiys as the almost dependency on cereal grains Cow´s milk, sheep´s milk, eggs and so on produced by each farmhouse are not used for their own families but are taken to the market for the purpose of making money. Accordingly, I think from now we must seek to improve, guide and enlighten the farmers as to how to-correct their eating habits and implement changes m their lives so that our firm purpose may be achieved.
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