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KMID : 0881720160310030176
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
2016 Volume.31 No. 3 p.176 ~ p.185
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Awareness and Behavior of Elementary School Children on Children’s Favorite Foods
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Kim Jong-Gyu
Jung Min-Ji
Kim Joong-Soon
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Abstract
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This study was performed to investigate elementary school children’s awareness on children’s favorite foods and their consumption behavior of the foods. This study also focused on the association between the variables and gender/grade. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with direct interview among three hundreds and six elementary school children (188 boys and 118 girls) from 13 schools of a city of Korea, using a structured questionnaire. Among the overall proportion, more than 20% of the respondents did not know children’s favorite foods and/or have no information source on the foods. More than 60% of the respondents consumed children’s favorite foods more than 1 to 2 times a week. Only 16% respondents got information on children’s favorite foods at home and 37% at school. There were significant correlations (p < 0.05) between gender/grades and knowledge/route of information on children’s favorite foods. Boys had more knowledge than girls (p < 0.05), however they showed worse attitude on children’s favorite foods and consumed more the foods. The higher grade children had more knowledge, better attitude and various routes of information on children’s favorite foods (p < 0.05), but consumed more the foods. The results of this study indicate that there is a discrepancy between knowledge and attitude/behavior. This study also indicate that school food-service program and food hygiene/safety education in school and at home should be improved. Strong implementation of laws for regulation of selling adulterated food around elementary school may be another step in controlling consumption of the food by school children.
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KEYWORD
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children’s favorite foods, knowledge, attitude, consumption behavior, elementary school children
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