Nutr Res Pract.  2012 Dec;6(6):542-550.

Production and evaluation of children's dietary life safety index data on metropolitan cities and provinces in Korea

• Choi YS
• Lee JS
• Kim HY
• Kwak TK
• Chung HR
• Kwon S
• Choi YJ
• Lee SK
• Kang MH

Abstract

This pilot study was performed to produce data of the Children's Dietary Life Safety (CDLS) Index which is required by the Special Act on Safety Management of Children's Dietary Life and to evaluate the CDLS Index for 7 metropolitan cities and 9 provinces in Korea. To calculate the CDLS Index score, data regarding the evaluation indicators in the children's food safety domain and children's nutrition safety domain were collected from the local governments in 2009. For data regarding the indicators in the children's perception & practice domain, a survey was conducted on 2,400 5th grade children selected by stratified sampling in 16 local areas. Relative scores of indicators in each domain were calculated using the data provided by local governments and the survey, the weights are applied on relative scores, and then the CDLS Index scores of local governments were produced by adding scores of the 3 domains. The national average scores of the food safety domain, the nutrition safety domain and the perception and practice domain were 23.74 (14.67-26.50 on a 40-point scale), 16.65 (12.25-19.60 on a 40-point scale), and 14.88 (14.16-15.30 on a 20-point scale), respectively. The national average score of the CDLS Index which was produced by adding the scores of the three domains was 55.27 ranging 46.44-58.94 among local governments. The CDLS Index scores produced in this study may provide the motivation for comparing relative accomplishment and for actively achieving the goals through establishment of the target value by local governments. Also, it can be used as useful data for the establishment and improvement of children's dietary life safety policy at the national level.

Keyword

Children's dietary life safety index; special act on safety management of children's dietary life; children's food safety score; children's nutrition safety score; perception and practice score

MeSH Terms

Child
Food Safety
Humans
Korea
Motivation
Pilot Projects
Safety Management
Weights and Measures

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  Fig. 1 Total scores of the Children's Dietary Life Safety Index by local governments *A~G: metropolitan cites, H~P: provinces

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