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KMID : 1134819980270040756
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
1998 Volume.27 No. 4 p.756 ~ p.764
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Study on Food Habits of the Elderly in Institution
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Cho Kyung-Ja
Han Dong-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to compare food habits of four institution(public boarding home, public nursing home, private boarding home, meal service in welfare center) in Pusan, Korea. Data were collected from 119 of were more than 65 years in the above institutions. Chi-square test was the main data analysis method. More than a quarter of the respondents(27%) showed fairly good level of activity, while a half of them(52.9%) answered the middle level. More than 80 percent of the respondents reported that their food attitude was "Good". There were more elderly women than elderly men among the four institutions. Although the four institutions have served snacks on the regular basis, they did not provide the residents with nutritious food. Most of the residents want to have snacks between meals, but they did not prefer candy. All the subjects didn’t point out any particular problem of institution. They were accustomed with their old food habits. Moreover comparing their poor food habits, they thought there was no problem food served by their institution. As food preferences, almost all of the respondents preferred cooked rice arid cooked rice with cereals. Only the residents of private boarding home liked cooked rice with red bean. In case of soup, all of residents liked any kind of soup. The most preferred meat menu was beef. But only the residents of private boarding home did not like pork. All residents liked any all kind of kimchi except kimchi made by radish. In preference of cooking method of a side dish, seasoned food and vegetables were the most favorable menu by the respondents. Compared to the private home, the institutions give residents effective plan to prepare meals. Even though this study tried to find differences in attitudes of dietary life among the institutions, it could not find any meaningful difference among them. Korean elders in the institutions seem to have no proper that they do not have any proper sense of evaluating their dietary life.
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KEYWORD
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food habits, food preference of the elderly in institution
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