청주지역 초등학생의 가공식품에 대한 지식과 태도 및 섭취빈도

Knowledge and Attitudes toward Consumption of Processed Food for Elementary School Students in Cheongju Area

This study aims to present basic data as data on nutrition education for rational selection of processed food of children of school age henceforth by examining on processed food preffered by elementary school students and analyzing knowledge and attitudes toward processed food. Survey consists of characteristic, lifestyle, understanding on processed food, attitude toward processed food, consumption frequency of processed food. For this study, three of elementary schools in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do were randomly chosen, total of 500 questionnaires were distributed to fifth and sixth grades of elementary school, and 428 questionnaires excepting those with insincere answer were used as the final analyzing using SAS 8.2 version program. As a result of examination on correlation of knowledge and attitudes toward processed food, degree of knowledge toward processed food showed correlation of attentive amount with degree of attitude(r=0.097*) toward processed food; as knowledge toward processed food is higher of elementary school students, attitude of not selecting processed food got higher. Consumption frequency of processed food showed difference according to level of knowledge and attitudes toward processed food of elementary school students; as knowledge and attitudes were higher, use of processed food of elementary school students was attentively low. In consumption frequency of processed food according to lifestyle of elementary school students, consumption of processed food showed attentive difference according to playing time and sleeping time. Results of examination on correlation of knowledge and attitudes toward processed food of elementary school students showed attentively high in total, as degree of knowledge and attitudes point on choice of processed food were higher, processed food was being less consumed.