Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association (대한영양사협회학술지)

The Korean Dietetic Association (대한영양사협회)
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Reading and Understanding of Food & Nutrition Labels and Dietary Behaviors of Female Middle and High School Students

여자 중.고등학생의 식품영양표시제 이용과 영양표시 이해도 및 식행동 조사

  • Chung, Eun-Jung (Division of General Studies, Kangnam University) ;
  • Jeon, Jin-Soon (Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Sungshin Women's University) ;
  • Ahn, Hong-Seok (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Sungshin Women's University)
  • 정은정 (강남대학교 교양학부) ;
  • 전진순 (성신여자대학교 교육대학원 영양교육) ;
  • 안홍석 (성신여자대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.04.26
  • Accepted : 2010.06.09
  • Published : 2010.08.02
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Abstract

This study investigated the use and understanding of food and nutrition labels in 498 female adolescents (middle school students: MS 248, high school students: HS 250) in Gyeonggi-do. Fifty percent of the MS and 47.2% of the HS read food labels, and the most common reasons for reading labels were to find a product's expiration date and price. The food label information considered most important by the subjects was the name of the manufacturing company and expiration date. Over 80% of the subjects read nutrition labels. The MS read nutrition labels to find nutrients and their amounts in foods, while the HS read labels mostly in an effort to control body weight. These subjects gave more attention to calories and fat, the nutrients related to body weight, than to other nutrients. The subjects were highly aware of the necessity and positive effects of nutrition labels, because they believed labels could make it easier for them to choose healthy foods. However, scores for understanding nutrition labels showed the subjects failed to understand label information accurately. Generally, the MS showed better dietary behaviors than HS. But the HS had significantly higher scores than MS for the item "know relative weight with height." Those that read food labels had significantly better BMIs, dietary behaviors, and awareness and understanding of nutrition labels. There were significant positive relationships among awareness & understanding of nutrition labels and subjects' dietary behaviors. The study findings can be utilized to better plan nutrition education programs aiming to improve use and awareness of food and nutrition labels among adolescents.

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