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Lee and Kim: Revision and Application of the Target Pattern in Food Guidance System: Administered to 2nd grade middle school students
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2014; 19(3): 274-282.

Published online: 30 June 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2014.19.3.274

Revision and Application of the Target Pattern in Food Guidance System: Administered to 2nd grade middle school students

Ha Yeon Lee, Youngnam Kim

Department of Home Economics, Korea National University of Education, Chungwon-gun, Korea.

Corresponding author: Youngnam Kim. Department of Home Economics Education, Korea National University of Education, 250 Taeseongtabyeon-ro, Gangnaemyeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-791, Korea. Tel: (043) 230-3709, Fax: (043) 231-4087, youngnam@knue.ac.kr

Received 27 May 2014       Revised 27 June 2014       Accepted 27 June 2014

Copyright © 2014 The Korean Society of Community Nutrition

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Abstract

Objectives

The objective of this study was to revise the target pattern in food guidance system for adolescents' balanced menu planning.

Methods

The food groups in the target pattern were divided into detailed food items, and intake number were assigned to each food items based on the revised standard food composition table. The validity of revised target pattern was examined. Menu planning according to the revised target pattern was made available to 305 male and female middle school students and the nutritional assessment of the menu plan were carried out using SPSS WIN 12.0.

Results

The energy contents, energy contribution ratios of carbohydrate, fat, and protein, and 4 minerals' and 6 vitamins' contents of the revised target pattern were adequate. The average energy contents of the menu planned according to revised target pattern were 400~500 kcal higher than that of the revised target pattern when the revised standard food composition was applied. The energy contribution ratios of fat were 28.9%, close to maximum of acceptable macronutrient distribution range (AMDR) (30%), and that of carbohydrate were 54.5%, lower than minimum of AMDR (55%). The nutrient adequacy ratios (NARs) of calcium and vitamin C were less than 1.0. According to index of nutritional quality (INQ) of food items, kimchi, milk⋅dairy products, and soybean curd were energy efficient source for calcium, kimchi, fruit, vegetable and seaweed were energy efficient source for vitamin C, with INQ of food items were higher or close to 2.0. Kimchi was the best energy efficient source of calcium and vitamin C.

Conclusions

Revised target pattern based on the adolescent's foods intake was not good enough for balanced menu planning by adolescents, because what they ate and what they wanted to eat were very much different. Detailed guidance for food selection is necessary in each food items.

Keywords: revised target pattern, revised standard food composition table, adolescent's menu plan, nutritional assessment

Figures and Tables

Fig. 1
The processing steps of revising the target pattern.
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Table 1
The revised standard food composition table for the design of revised target pattern in food guidance system
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1) Amount per single serving size

Energy and nutrients content of fruit and milk⋅dairy products in revised standard food composition table were not shown because those are same as standard food composition table

Table 2
Assignment of serving number for the revised target pattern
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1) The Korean Nutrition Society (2010)

Table 3
The energy contribution ratio of carbohydrate, protein, and fat in revised target pattern by the revised standard food composition table
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1) The Korean Nutrition Society (2010)

Table 4
The energy contents and NAR of calcium and phosphorous in revised target pattern and target pattern
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1) Calculation based on the standard food composition table (The Korean Nutrition Society 2010)

2) Calculation based on the revised standard food composition table (Table 1)

NARs of other nutrients analyzed(Fe, Zn, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6) are all ≥ 1.0.

Table 5
The energy content of menu planned according to the revised target pattern
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1) Male: 2,400 kcal; Female: 2,000 kcal

2) N (%)

Table 6
The energy distribution ratio of carbohydrate, protein and fat in the menu planned according to the revised target pattern
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1) N (%)

***: p<0.001

Table 7
NAR of the nutrients with less than 1 and ranges of their RNI multiple in the menu planned according to the revised target pattern
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1) Mean ± SD

*: p < 0.05, ***: p < 0.001

NARs of other nutrients analyzed (P, Fe, Zn, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6) are all ≥ 1.0.

Table 8
INQ of calcium and vitamin C of the menu planned according to the revised target pattern
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1) Mean ± SD

2) Values were calculated based on the nutrient contents of male students dividing by 2 (because of 2 servings assignment for male)

*: p < 0.05, ***: p < 0.001

Notes

This research was supported by a 2014 grant from the Korea National University of Education (2014-0079)

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