한국 거주 중국 대학생 대상 영양교육 효과-개인 맞춤형 하루 필요 에너지 및 식품군 단위수 교육을 중심으로-

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of nutrition education on nutrition knowledge, dietary attitude anddietary intake of Chinese college students in Korea. The subjects were 64 Chinese college students in Korea (educatedgroup, 32 students vs. non-educated group, 32 students). Educated group was lessoned as group and/or individual. Nutritioneducation program consisted of four lessons (40min / lesson), ‘6 major nutrients & function (group lesson)’, ‘6 food groupand sources (group lesson)’, ‘personalized daily needed energy and food exchange units using Food Exchange System(individual lesson)’, and ‘smart choice of snacks and eating-out foods (group lesson)’. We examined the differencesbetween educated group and non-educated group in nutrition knowledge, dietary attitudes and nutrients intake. Aftereducation, there were positive improvements on nutrition knowledge: ‘function and foods of 6 nutrients', on dietaryattitudes: ‘type of breakfast’ in educated group. In the evaluation of nutrient intakes according to Dietary Reference Intakesfor Korean (KDRI), there were positive improvements on intake levels of riboflavin, fiber, vitamin B6, vitamin C, folate,Ca and K in the educated group. In the index of nutrition quality (INQ), nutrition adequacy ratio (NAR) and meannutrition adequacy ratio (MAR) were significantly increased in the educated group. In conclusion, it is possible to improvenutrition knowledge, dietary attitude and dietary intake of Chinese college students in Korea through the nutrition educationfocused on personalized daily needed energy and food exchange units.