Abstract
This study was conducted to establish size specification of food material for elementary school meals, researched at school meal scene and surveyed with questionnaires about the management of food materials by workers devoted to preparing school meals. Most subjects (80.7%) answered that students were served smaller size than adults, whereas 11.0% answered that they served different sizes according to school age and 8.3%, that they served same size as adult. About the food material size specification for elementary school student, a majority of respondents reported that 3/4 or 2/4 of adult served size was suitable. The serving size was decided and executed to investigate the actual intake and the preference of students for food size by 2 methods, intake ratio and questionnaire in 6 elementary schools. It showed that intake ratio and preference of students may be changed by serving size. According to the result, food serving size was divided in 3 types per menu and food size was measured precisely using the white board inscripted calibration. Actual food serving size for adult and recommended food serving size for elementary school student was compared. The data collected were coded and used to decide food material specifications for 12 cooked vegetable items, 15 raw vegetable items, 9 kimchi items, 2 fermented fish and fish sauce items, 8 deep-fried items, 5 meat and meat product items, 19 fish items and 5 dried food items.
초등학교 학교급식 조리사를 대상으로 초등학생들에게 적합한 품목별 식재료의 크기에 대한 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 응답자의 대부분이 일반 성인식으로 제공되는 크기보다 3/4(0.75배) 또는 2/4 정도 작게 제공하는 것이 적당하다고 응답하였다. 식재료 규격을 설정하고 실제로 현장에 적용하는 실험은 사진자료를 이용한 조사, 실제섭취량 조사 등 2가지 방법으로 초등학교에 6개교에서 학령별로 실시하였으며 전체적으로 크기에 따라 학생들의 실제 섭취량과 선호도가 달라지는 것으로 나타났다. 이들 결과에 따라 식단별 식재료 규격을 3종류로 구분하고 크기가 표시된 흰색 아크릴판(가로${\times}$세로, $290{\times}210\;mm$)을 이용하여 식단별 연령별로 적합한 식재료크기를 설정하였으며 실제크기와 대조하여 사진자료로 작성하였다. 이들 자료를 다시 식단별로 분류하여 식재료 품목별 커팅 크기와 코드를 설정하였으며 설정된 식재료는 품목별로 나물 12종, 야채 15종, 김치 9종, 젓갈 2종, 튀김 8종, 육류 5종, 어류 19종, 건어물 5종로 최종결과는 책자로 제작이 가능하도록 편집전문가를 통한 수정작업으로 완성시켰다.
