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KMID : 1011620190350060653
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Korean Journal of Food and Cookey Science
2019 Volume.35 No. 6 p.653 ~ p.663
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Comparison of the Dietary Behavior of Children at Community Child Center between Metropolitan City and Medium-Sized City Using the Nutrition Quotient
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Lyu Eun-Soon
Lee Kyung-A
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study evaluated the dietary behavior and nutritional status of children at community child centers using the nutrition quotient (NQ) according to the city size.
Methods: Surveys were administered from June to August, 2017. The research was performed using questionnaires conducted from June to August on 535 children at community child center in Busan (metropolitan city) and Gyeongsan (medium-sized city).
Results: Children in medium-sized city had more experience (p<0.001) in nutrition education than in metropolitan city, but they had less interest and practice in nutrition education, fewer meals with their families, and higher proportions of multicultural families, grandchildren, and single-parent families. The mean score for the NQ of the metropolitan city (61.2 points) was significantly (p<0.001) higher than those of the medium-sized city (55.3 points). Metropolitan city children showed substantially higher NQ scores in all five factors (balance, regularity, moderation, regularity, and practice) than medium-sized city children. For the percentage distribution of NQ grades; there were 4.8%p more metropolitan city children in the highest grade, there were 12.6%p more medium-sized city children in the lowest grade. When scores of the five factors were evaluated as good or bad, the ‘good’ percentage of the metropolitan city was significantly (p<0.001) higher than that of the medium-sized city in diversity (24.0 vs. 15.7) and regularity (33.5 vs. 24.5).
Conclusion: Therefore, it is important to provide customized nutrition education programs based on the temperament type. Because there was a difference in the NQ scores and NQ grades between the metropolitan city and medium-sized city, customized nutrition education should consider the dietary environment for children at community child centers in medium-sized city.
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KEYWORD
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community child center, children, nutrition quotient, metropolitan city, medium-sized city
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