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KMID : 1011620180340040394
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Korean Journal of Food and Cookey Science
2018 Volume.34 No. 4 p.394 ~ p.403
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Study on Perception and Preference of Vegetable Intake of Alienated Children in Gyeongbuk Area according to Gender and Grade
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Choe Won-Hui
Lyu Eun-Soon
Lee Kyung-A
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for nutritional education for alienated children"s desirable vegetable intake by analyzing their vegetable awareness, intake experience and preference according to gender and grade.
Methods: Surveys were administered from February 27 to 28, 2017. The children of a community child center in the Gyeongsan-si were surveyed, and 112 out of 120 surveys were analyzed by SPSS (ver. 18.0).
Results: The results showed that 81.2% of children have unbalanced eating habits, and 46.7% of children with unbalanced eating habits do not eat vegetables. The reasons for the unbalanced eating were ‘bad taste (48.5%)’, and ‘bad texture (29.3%)’. The awareness score of 35 kinds of vegetables were 29.00/35, with no gender difference. Lower graders (26.77) showed a significantly (p<0.001) lower score than higher graders (30.74). Among the 35 kinds of vegetables, curled mallow (19.6%) and, stringy stonecrop (29.5%) were rarely heard of. The experience score of 35 kinds of vegetables were 27.72/35, with no gender difference. Lower graders (25.33) showed significantly (p<0.001) lower score than higher graders (29.53). Among the 35 kinds of vegetables, curled mallow (15.2%) and, stringy stonecrop (24.1%) were rarely eaten before. The survey result on the preference for 35 kinds of vegetables revealed sweet potato, cucumber, and bean sprout to be highly preferred and green pepper, paprika, bellflower root, and eggplant to be rarely preferred. Among the 35 kind of vegetables, stringy stonecrop was significantly (p<0.05) more preferred by girls than boys, and water dropwort, Chinese chive, stem of garlic and winter mushroom were significantly (p<0.05) more preferred by higher graders. Awareness showed a significantly positive correlation (p<0.01) with the experience of vegetables, but not with preference. A significant correlation (p<0.05) was observed between experience and preference of vegetables.
Conclusion: The results indicate that alienated children are more likely to have unbalanced eating habits, particularly vegetables. The preference of vegetables was affected more by the intake experience, not awareness. To increase the vegetable preference and consumption, it is important to provide disliked and unexperienced vegetables to families and schools, with further nutrition education.
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KEYWORD
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alienated children, vegetable, perception, preference
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