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A Preliminary Study on Nutrition Education for Preschool Children in Day-Care Center - Dietary Habit and Nutrition Knowledge -

어린이집 아동의 영양교육을 위한 사전조사 연구 - 식습관과 영양지식을 중심으로 -

  • 김혜경 (울산대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김진희 (울산대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 2006.08.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current dietary habits, health related behaviors, nutrition knowledge and body indices, and to investigate the changes in nutrition knowledge for designing and monitoring nutrition education program among preschool children. The subjects were 1,200 preschool children, aged $4{\sim}6$ years. A measurement of the height and weight was conducted. The general home environment, the dietary habit of children and nutrition knowledge were collected using a questionnaire that included information about family income, parent's education and occupations. Using the PIBW, 14.6% of the preschool children were under weight, 54.4% were normal, and 31.0% were overweight or obese. We regarded to food habit score, the highest score was in the regularity of breakfast, while the lowest score was in consumption of yellow-green vegetables such as spinach and carrots. Result in food behavior showed that 69.1% of preschool children had a unbalanced diet, and their favorite snack was fast food like pizza and hamburger then followed soft drink and fried foods (chicken of potato). After nutrition education, there was somewhat improvement in the nutrition knowledge score of preschool children from $7.7{\pm}1.7$ point to $8.9{\pm}1.5$ point. These results suggest that nutrition education help preschool children change their nutrition knowledge. Therefore, it would be needed that new appropriate nutrition education to improve dietary habits and health status.

본 연구에서는 어린이집에 다니는 미취학 아동의 식습관 및 영양지식상태를 파악하여 보건소의 영양 및 건강증진사업을 위한 영양교육 자료개발에 유용한 기초자료로 제공하고자 울산시 북구에 소재한 어린이집에 다니는 아동 1,200명을 대상으로 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 조사대상자의 성별은 남아 429명(52.6%), 여아 386명(47.4%)이었으며, 연령은 $3{\sim}7$세로 4세 240명(29.4%), 5세 294명(36.1%), 6세 163명(20.0%)으로 대부분을 차지하였고 3세와 7세는 각각 14.0%와 0.5%로 적었다. 부모의 직업으로는 지역의 특성상 생산직 근로자(38.7%)와 사무직(33.9%)이 높게 나타났고, 교육 정도에서 아버지는 전문대 졸업(51.6%)이 가장 많았고, 어머니는 고등학교 졸업이 58.0%로 가장 많았다. 월평균 소득은 $200{\sim}300$만원 미만이 42.0%로 가장 많이 나타났으며, 다음이 $100{\sim}200$만원 미만으로 20.6%로 나타났다. 조사대상 아동의 평균 신장과 체중은 108.0cm와 18.7kg으로 한국소아협회의 연령별 체위기준인 111.0cm, 19.0kg보다 약간 낮게 나타났다. PIBW에 근거한 저체중은 14.6%, 정상체중은 54.4%, 과체중 및 비만은 31.0%로 나타났다. 아동들의 일상적인 식습관을 나타내는 식습관점수는 전체 평균 22.0점(30점 만점)으로 남아 22.0점, 여아 21.9점으로 거의 비슷하게 나타났으며, 항목별 점수에서 가장 높은 점수는 '아침을 매일 규칙적으로 먹는다'였고, 가장 낮은 점수는 '당근, 시금치등 녹황색 채소의 섭취'로 나타났다. 식행동에서는 전체 아동의 69.1%가 편식을 하였으며, 편식식품으로는 채소류가 51.2%, 다음이 육류 및 생선류로 나타났다. 간식섭취 실태에서는 피자나 햄버거 등 패스트푸드의 섭취빈도가 가장 많았고 다음이 탄산음료, 튀김류의 순으로 나타났다. 영양지식점수는 교육실시 이전의 전체 평균은 7.7점(10점 만점)으로 남아가 여아보다 약간 높은 점수를 보였고 영양교육을 4주간 실시 후에는 전체 평균점수가 8.9점으로 향상되었으며 역시 남아가 여아보다 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 이상의 연구결과를 종합해볼 때 미취학 아동들은 저체중과 과체중 및 비만의 문제를 동시에 가지고 있었고, 식습관에서 편식이 많았으며, 간식의 섭취비율이 클 뿐만 아니라 종류에서도 인스턴트 및 패스트푸드 식품을 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 건전한 식습관으로 아동의 영양상태 개선과 소아비만의 예방 및 올바른 식사예절의 정착을 위한 정기적인 영양교육이 필요하다고 하겠다.

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