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KMID : 0664320140200040275
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Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
2014 Volume.20 No. 4 p.275 ~ p.284
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Dieticians? Perception of Current Status of No-plate-waste Day in School Lunch
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Yoon Mee-Soon
Song Kyung-Hee
Lee Hong-Mie
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Abstract
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Reducing plate-waste for school lunches is an important strategy to guarantee adequate nutrition intakes bystudents as well as to protect the environment. This study was conducted to determine dieticians` perception of no-plate-waste day. The subjects were dieticians at 203 schools in Seoul and Kyeonggi-do. Among them, 132 schools (78.6%) operated no-plate-waste day once a week, 6.9% once a month, 10.8% twice a week, whereas 17.2% did not operate at all. According to dieticians, plate-waste per student on no-plate-waste day(mean 49.1 g) was lower than that on an ordinary day (mean 79.2 g). The most popular method to advertiseno-plate-waste day was to notify it on the menu board (52.4%), followed by notifying it on the dining hall and the school website. The most frequently used reward on no-plate-waste day was a gift snack (67.3%), followed by complimentary stickers, awards, and GPA. The most common side effect of no-plate-waste daywas students` abandoning foods (45.2%), followed by rejecting food and simplified menu. The most frequent barrier was insufficient recognition of necessity (39.3%), followed by shortage of manpower or budget and students and teachers` resistance. The dieticians at 35 schools without no-plate-waste day answered that they did not operate it due to ‘no need perceived’ and ‘no budget’ (31.4% and 31.4%, respectively). Based on this study, government and society should promote the need to reduce plate-waste by students and teachers as well as school administrators.
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KEYWORD
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erception, no-plate-waste day, dietician, school lunch
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