The purpose of this study was to estimate the age-specific food self-sufficiency rate of major foods in Korea. Self-sufficiency rate of food were measured based on actual per capita consumption, whereas, the traditional method measured the rate based ...
The purpose of this study was to estimate the age-specific food self-sufficiency rate of major foods in Korea. Self-sufficiency rate of food were measured based on actual per capita consumption, whereas, the traditional method measured the rate based on per capita supply. Data for the National Health and Nutrition Survey which was conducted in 1998 for 4,000 subjects were used as a consumption data of the analysis. Food Balance Sheet of 1998 was also use to provide the data required for the food production data. The self-sufficiency rate were much higher based on per capita consumption than that on the per capita supply. Age between 7-12 showed the lowest self-sufficiency rate among the all age group. Therefore this age group should have given the highest priorities in providing nutrition education to promote the self-sufficiency rate in Korea.