부모의 편식 여부에 따른 초등학생의 편식 여부와 식생활지침 준수 정도

Dietary Habits of the Children from the Parents on Unbalanced Diets

To determine the association of parent s unbalanced diets with dietary habits of their children, 268 children and their parents were surveyed from an elementary school in Uijeongbu-si, Korea in May 2014. Dietary habits of parents and children were determined using the Dietary Guidelines for Korean Adults and the Dietary Guidelines for Korean Children, respectively(Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2009) by coding the better adherence with a higher score. The significances between groups according to parents picky eating(55 picky eater vs. 213 non picky eater) were analyzed by using SPSS ver. 25.0. There was no significant differences in employment, relation with the child, and the most important factor when preparing child’s meal between groups. More children from picky eating parents answered that they were picky eaters(74.5% vs. 47.4%, respectively, p<.01) compared to their counterparts. The picky eating parents had lower adherences to dietary guidelines, resulting the lower total score(20.7±4.93 vs. 22.9±5.14, p<.01), compared to their counterparts. Moreover, the children from picky eating parents had the significantly lower adherences to dietary guidelines regarding vegetable intake, healthy snacking, using food label, trying not to leave plate-waste(p<.01, respectively), and protein intake(p<.05), resulting the significantly lower total score compared to their counterparts(24.4±6.91 vs. 27.1±5.91, respectively, p<.01). The findings provided the evidence to suggest that the children who have picky-eating parents should be received more attention regarding nutrition education focusing on the importance of balanced diet and importance of parents’ modeling eating on balanced diet for their children. &#160;