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KMID : 1011620150310020162
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Korean Journal of Food and Cookey Science
2015 Volume.31 No. 2 p.162 ~ p.174
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An Evaluation of Dietary Habits and Dietary Life Competency of Elementary School Parents
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김정원:Kim Jeong-Weon
이은주:Lee Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current status of dietary habits and dietary life competency of elementary school parents, who are influential to the dietary life of their children and family. A survey was conducted with 362 elementary school parents living in Seoul and Gyeonggi province by using a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 53 questions on dietary habits, dietary life competency, home cooking frequency, and dietary education needs. The results were as follows: The scores of dietary habits and dietary life competency were 76.35 and 74.51 out of 100, respectively, suggesting a need for improvement. Parents with higher monthly income, demonstrated higher scores of both dietary habits and dietary life competency (p<0.001). As expected, female parents showed higher scores of dietary life competency than male parents (p<0.01). there was also a close relationship between the scores of dietary habits and dietary life competency (r=0.58). The parents with high scores for dietary habits and dietary life competency showed a significantly higher frequency of home cooking (p<0.001) compared to medium- or low-scored parents. Most parents answered that dietary education need to be started earlier, and that their main source of dietary life information was mass media. They also showed a preference for real experience and practice for dietary education. The above results showed that there is a close relationship between dietary habits and dietary life competency, and suggest that continuous education is necessary to improve the dietary habits and dietary life competency of elementary school parents. Because monthly income appeared to be the most influential socioeconomic factor for the parents’ dietary habits and dietary life competency, continuous efforts on dietary education are necessary to reduce the score gaps in these categories.
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KEYWORD
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dietary habit, dietary life competency, elementary school parent, socioeconomic factor
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