광주･전남 일부지역 초등학생의 채소류 섭취 기호도

The Preference of Vegetables Intake in Elementary Students in Gwangju and Jeonnam

The purpose of this study was to analyze preference of vegetables, and preference of kinds of vegetable food in elementary students in Gwangju and Jeonnam. Data collection was conducted with 5th and 6th graders of elementary schools in Gwangju and Jeonnam using a structured questionnaire survey. 362 substantial questionnaires were used for the final analysis. For preference of vegetables, there was significant difference in Chinese cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and stonecrop (leaf and stem vegetables) and green pumpkin, paprika, and pimiento (fruit vegetables) and the Gwangju area showed higher preference of all vegetables but stonecrop. While the Gwangju area showed the highest preference of lettuce, the Jeonnam area showed the highest preference of bean sprouts. For sex, boys most commonly favorite vegetable was lettuce, followed by bean spouts, whereas most commonly favorite vegetable was bean spouts, followed by lettuce. While the highest preference was found in sweet potato and potato, the lowest preference was found in roots of bellflowers and lotus roots. For the preference of vegetable food according to recipe, slightly high preference was found in rice, noodles, and rice porridge (A la carte), panfried and deepfried vegetables, and kimchi. It was therefore suggested that vegetable food cooked with meat or using oils would be favorite food, compared to only vegetable food.