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KMID : 0664319980040020113
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Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
1998 Volume.4 No. 2 p.113 ~ p.122
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Study on Food Habits of Elementary School Food service Children in Taejon
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Park Chong-Im
Koo Nan-Sook
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Abstract
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To investigate the children’s food habit, one thousand of children from eleven elementary school food service were randomly selected in Taejon. The survey was conducted by questionnaires and data were analyzed by SAS program. The results are summarized as follows. 1. The average height and weight for the 3th grader are 132.0cm and 29.4kg for boys. 131.2cm and 27.9kg for girls. In the case of the 6th grader the average height and weight are 147.1cm, 41.1kg for male, 148.6cm, 41.0kg for female, repectively. Those values are less than national averages. 2. The third grader eats breakfast more regularly than the sixth grader(p<0.001) and 51.5% of the children answer that they take foods for their health. The third grader has better eating habits than the six grader. This survey shows that the sixth grader eat more cereal, milk and vegetable and the third grader has less fruits than the sixth grader. 49.3% of the total children likes eating food at home, 36.6% eating outsid and 14.1% school meal service. 25.8% of the children reply that they do not eat now foods during school meal service. 82.5% of the total children are willing to eat foods served from school meal service if a teacher explains about the information of foods.
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KEYWORD
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food habits, elementary school, food service
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