KMID : 1134820160450101488
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 2016 Volume.45 No. 10 p.1488 ~ p.1496
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Relationship between Broca Index of Late School-Aged Children and Their Mothers¡¯ Eating, Cooking, and Exercise Habit
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Lee Hye-Rim
Lee Kyoung-Eun Ko Kwang-Suk Hong Eun-Ah
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Abstract
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The purposes of this study were to analyze mothers¡¯ eating, cooking, and exercise habits based on their demographic characteristics and to examine the relationship between those habits and their late school-aged children¡¯s Broca index. A total of 393 questionnaires were mailed to the mothers of late school-aged children who registered at four elementary schools in the Seoul area, of which 159 participants (40.0%) completed questionnaires. Statistical data analyses were performed using SPSS/Win 21.0 for descriptive statistics, t-test ANOVA, and Pearson¡¯s regression coefficient. There was a statistically significant difference in mothers¡¯ cooking habit (F=3.920, P=0.022) and exercise habit (F=3.211, P=0.043) according to their educational level. Interestingly, 82.4% of mothers had a Broca index of less than 90% of normal body mass level. A significant positive correlation of Broca index between mothers and their late school-aged children (r=0.345, P<0.001) indicated that children whose mothers had a low body mass level also tended to have a low body mass level. In this study, late school-aged children¡¯s Broca index was not significantly related with mother¡¯s eating (r=-0.072, P=0.367) or exercise habits (r=-0.010, P=0.897) but was significantly related with their mother¡¯s cooking habits (r=-0.157, P=0.048). Considering there are few studies examining the impacts of mother¡¯s cooking habits on their children¡¯s appropriate body mass, the results suggest that developing an effective educational program to cultivate mothers¡¯ healthy cooking habits to improve school-aged children¡¯s health status is very important. The findings of this study provide important data that could be used when developing health education programs tailored to the multi-dimensional impacts of mothers¡¯ life habits on their last school-aged children¡¯s developmental health status.
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KEYWORD
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Broca index, children¡¯s underweight, eating habit, cooking habit, excercise habit
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