Impact of Family-Connected Nutrition Education Program on the Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Habits of Preschoolers

Impact of Family-Connected Nutrition Education Program on the Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Habits of Preschoolers

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a family-connected nutrition education program on the nutrition knowledge and dietary habits of preschoolers. The subjects in this study were the preschoolers in a daycare center in the city of Kwangyang, South Jeolla Province, who were at the Westem age of five. As a result of conducting a nutrition education program 20 times, the preschoolers showed a significant rise of scores in nutrition knowledge and dietary habits. The findings of the study suggest that an early childhood nutrition education program should be designed to deal with nutrition knowledge and attitude, and that an early c비1바100d education institution should provide it in cooperation with families.