Korean J Community Nutr.  2009 Oct;14(5):556-564.

A Survey on Use of Environment-Friendly Agricultural Products for School Food Service by Dietitians in Chungnam Province

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Food & Nutrition, Kongju National University, Yesan, Korea.
  • 2Graduate School of Education, Nutrition Education Major, Kongju National University, Yesan, Kore.
  • 3Department of Food & Nutrition, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea. kosh0220@hanmail.net

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the school dietitian's cognition, practical use of environment-friendly agricultural products to provide fundamental information for the qualitative improvement in the school food service. The results of the study are as follows: 1. It was clearly recognized that the subsidy for the school food service is generally insufficient, the amount of additional appropriate subsidy for the school food service was different according to type of school and roughly 300~600 won in each of foods needs to be supported. 2. The environmentfriendly agricultural products that were often used in the school food service were vegetables and grains. 3. In the analysis of cognition and problems toward using environment-friendly agricultural products, the dietitians recognized that environment-friendly agricultural products should be appropriately used. A reason that environmentfriendly agricultural products were better than general agricultural products was composed of a use of less additive, good ingredient, and good outer condition. 4. In the analysis of countermeasure on increasing environment-friendly agricultural products in the school meal service, the response to that more additional subsidy was necessary for the school food service. The highest and the most positive effects after using environment-friendly agricultural products were students' health improvement and improvement in parents' satisfaction with the school food service.

Keyword

dietitians; environment-friendly agricultural products; school food service

MeSH Terms

Edible Grain
Cognition
Food Services
Humans
Meals
Vegetables
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