초등학생 대상 당 섭취 저감화 영양교육의 효과

• Published in: 동아시아식생활학회지 Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 14 - 25
• Main Authors: 서영미(Young-Mi Seo), 박옥진(Ok-Jin Park), 이민준(Min-June Lee)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 동아시아식생활학회 01.02.2021
• Subjects: 생활과학; nutrition knowledge; elementary school; sugar intake; dietary behavior; nutrition education program; dietary attitude
• ISSN: 1225-6781; 2288-8802
• DOI: 10.17495/easdl.2021.2.31.1.14

This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of nutrition education on sugar intake among elementary school children aged 10 years. A total of 66 third grade students in three classes were assigned to the education group, and 42 students in two classes of the same grade were assigned to the non-education group. In the education group, the nutrition education program was implemented with 4 sessions over 2 months of the experience activity class. Nutrition knowledge scores significantly increased from 5.4 to 8.9 in the education group (p<0.001), but not in the non-education group. However, there was little difference in the dietary attitude towards sugar intake between the two groups. The education group showed a significant increase in the proportion of students who answered as willing to decrease sugar intake. Moreover, after gaining nutrition education, 93.8% students answered that each should review the nutrition facts label on packaged foods, which was higher than the proportion before education was imparted (73.8%). The proportion of students who answered to review sugar in nutrition facts label was 9.1% before education, but increased to 78.1% after the 2-month education. In the choice of beverages after exercise, the education group showed a significant difference in the increased rate of choosing white milk. Considering dietary behaviors after the 2-month education program, students in the education group responded to reducing ice cream intake after gaining education, but other dietary behaviors remained unchanged in both groups. We propose that continuous nutrition education incorporating the students’ activity may be effective in altering their dietary behavior, especially decreased sugar intake. KCI Citation Count: 0