This survey did the study on the intake of summer food and the nutritive conditions in 30 house-holds, which was randomly chosen, who lives in an agricultural district Pochun-gun, Kyungki province, where industries of a small scale was scattered along the industrialization. This research focus on getting the basic ideas for bettr diet, nutrition education and nutrition policy for the rural people.
Trained surveyors visited each house to survey the food and nutritional status in summer for 3 days during the late June in 1991. The results are :
1. The total number of the food intake were 181 kinds in 16 group of the food. Among these 123 the kinds are vegetable food which was 68.0% of the total food.
2. The average amount of the food intake per capita per day in 998.9 g of vegetable food and 135.2 g of the animal food, which the total amount of these were 1134.1 g.
3. The most popular taken food per capita per day were rice and KIMCHI. The amount of food intake per day from 1st rank to 15th rank were 668.7 g which was 59.0% of the total amount of the food intake per day.
4. The average percentage of energy, protein, vit. B₁, vit. B₂ niacin, vit. C, calcium and iron intake were over 100% except 84.8% of vit. A by the recommended dietary allowances for Koreans.
5. The average amount of fat intake was 28.6 g, therefore, it was only 1/2 of those according to the standard that the ratio of fat energy conversion of food composition is 20% of the total energy intake.
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