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Recognition and Use of Nutrition Labeling According to Age Groups of Housewives in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province

경기도 시흥지역 주부들의 연령에 따른 영양표시 인식과 이용실태

  • Keum-Ok Lee (Major in Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Gachon University) ;
  • Wookyoun Cho (Department of Food & Nutrition, Gachon University)
  • 이금옥 (가천대학교 교육대학원 영양교육전공) ;
  • 조우균 (가천대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2023.10.04
  • Accepted : 2023.11.17
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

In this study, 294 housewives in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, were surveyed to evaluate the differences in the recognition and use of nutrition labeling according to age and to present data for nutrition education. The younger the age, the more aware the consumer was of the information on the nutrition label. Housewives who were younger than 60 years were more likely to check the nutrition labels. The lower the age, the higher the reliance on the nutritional labeling content of the food, and the higher the recognition level of nutritional labeling. It was found that the lower the age, the easier it was for the consumer to understand the nutritional labeling. Among housewives in their 30s and younger, 89.5 percent said they believed checking nutrition labels would help their health. In the younger age group knowledge and information on nutrition labeling was acquired from the internet, and in the older age group, knowledge was acquired from television, radio, and newspapers. Research conducted on housewives in other regions in the future could provide more detailed information suitable for the population of each region. This would serve as data for nutrition education on the recognition and use of nutrition labeling for a healthy diet.

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