The purpose of this study was to promote health for elementary school children. It was conducted with the 7 week program focused on education of food tower and evaluation of its educational effects. Subjects consisted of 75 boys and girls(37 in the co...
The purpose of this study was to promote health for elementary school children. It was conducted with the 7 week program focused on education of food tower and evaluation of its educational effects. Subjects consisted of 75 boys and girls(37 in the control group and 38 in the treatment group) in the 4th grade of elementary school,
The results showed as follows. The proportion of boys(53.3%) was a little higher than that of girls(46.7%). In their mother's age, the thirties and forties were 66.7% and 33.3%, respectively. 61.3% of mothers have jobs and 86.7% of mothers prepare meals. The degree of nutritional knowledge in treatment group after education was significantly increased in all concepts, however, the degree of control group appeared significant increase (p<0.05) in only two concepts, such as "snack" and "one-sided diet". When the level of nutritional knowledge was divided into 4 four classes(excellent, good, fair, poor), the treatment group showed a significant increase in "excellent" from 5.5% to 73.7% after education. These findings indicate that well-designed program for nutrition education can be help to change food habit, and also children's education helps them to grow and to live as a healthy adult. The performance of educational program for preventive nutrition is more beneficial for children than for the adults based on the cost reduction and effect of this education.