청주지역 영양플러스 사업 참여자들의 사업 만족도 및 영양개선 효과

Satisfaction of Nutri-Plus Program and Improvement of Nutritional Status among the Participants in Cheongju

This study was conducted to investigate satisfaction and improvement of nutritional status among the participants of Nutri-Plus program held at Health Center located in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. Questionnaire survey was carried out targeting total 190 participants including 5 pregnant women, 51 lactating women, 55 infants, and 79 children. Anthropometric, biochemical and dietary intake data before and after participation were collected to investigate the effectiveness of the program. The subjects were satisfied with the program and supplementary foods as assessed with the satisfaction score. The overall score was higher than 4 point out of 5 point criteria. While the subjects were satisfied with supplementary foods such as rice(unpolished rice, barley), milk, and eggs, they were not with potatoes(sweet potato, noodles), black beans(red bean, cereal), and carrots(green pumpkin). When the nutritional status was compared before and after the program, vitamin A intake of pregnant women was significantly increased after the program(p＜0.01). Significant increases of hemoglobin concentrations(p＜0.001) was found in lactating women with values from 11.7g/dl to 12.6g/dl along with significant increases in the intakes of energy, vitamin A, protein, calcium, and riboflavin. Height, body weight, and BMI of infants were significantly increased after the program(p＜0.001), but the infants and children who were below 10th percentile in height and weight were decreased(p＜0.001) and their hemoglobin contents were increased significantly(p＜0.001) after the program. Significant increases were also observed in the intakes of energy, protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, riboflavin, and vitamin C(p＜0.05). Our study showed that the participants of the Nutri-Plus program were satisfied with the program and supplementary foods and nutritional status was improved after participating the program.