Perception and action plans for school breakfast program by school nutrition teachers and dietitians in Gyeongbuk province

Hyang Oh; Hae Rang Chung; Young-Sun Choi

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Oh, Chung, and Choi: Perception and action plans for school breakfast program by school nutrition teachers and dietitians in Gyeongbuk province

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Korean Journal of Nutrition

Korean Journal of Nutrition 2012; 45(4): 362-371.

Published online: 31 August 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4163/kjn.2012.45.4.362

Perception and action plans for school breakfast program by school nutrition teachers and dietitians in Gyeongbuk province

Hyang Oh¹, Hae Rang Chung², Young-Sun Choi³

¹Department of Nutritional Education, Graduate School of Education, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 712-714, Korea.

²Nutrition for the Future Inc., Seoul 151-848, Korea.

³Department of Food and Nutrition, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 712-714, Korea.

To whom correspondence should be addressed. (yschoi@daegu.ac.kr)

Received 2 May 2012 Revised 29 May 2012 Accepted 17 July 2012

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Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the perception and action plans of the school breakfast program (SBP) proposed by nutrition teachers and dietitians at elementary, middle, and high schools in Gyeongbuk province. The survey was carried via questionnaires throughout April to May 2010. Two hundred ten questionnaires were returned (52.5%) and out of the total, 194 were used for analysis. Of the respondents, 73% disagreed and 27% agreed to the implementation of SBP, although most respondents agreed to the importance of eating breakfast in children. The percentage of disagreement was higher among subjects with working experience of 15 years and more, age of 40 years and more, and those who were employed at elementary schools. The primary reasons of disagreement were 'eating breakfast with family is better' and 'it increases the cost of school foodservice'. The respondents preferred students' optional participation (62.9%) over universal participation (37.1%) of SBP. Action plans of SBP, which were proposed by nutrition teachers and dietitians, included direct operating system by the school, food delivery schedule prior to the day of serving, 2-3 hours of preparation time, serving food 50 minutes before the start of classes, and convenient style menu served at the school cafeteria. Efforts to lessen foodservice employees' workload as well as support from school principals and the Office of Education were suggested as prerequisites for a successful SBP implementation.

Keywords: school breakfast program, skipping breakfast, nutrition teacher, dietitian, school-aged children

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Characteristics of survey respondents

Table 2

Foodservice attributes of schools where respondents work

Table 3

Perception on breakfast skipping by respondents

Table 4

Acceptance of school breakfast program implementation depending on characteristics of respondents and attributes of school foodservice

1) Frequency (%)

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p <0.01

Table 5

Reasons for agreeing to school breakfast program implementation

1) Mean ± S.D. (5 point scale with 1; strongly disagree, 2; disagree, 3; in-between, 4; agree, and 5; strongly agee) 2) a, b: values not sharing common superscript letters within the same row are significantly different at p < 0.05 by Tukey's multiple range test

Table 6

Reasons for disagreeing to school breakfast program implementation

Table 7

Feasible action plans of school breakfast program proposed by repondents

^*: p < 0.05

Table 8

Preference to menu types depending on the opinion on school breakfast program implementation

1) Mean ± S.D. (5 point scale with 1; strongly disagree, 2; disagree, 3; in-between, 4; agree, and 5; strongly agee)

^*: p < 0.05, ^***: p < 0.001 by independent t-test

Table 9

Prerequisites suggested for successful school breakfast program implementation

1) Mean ± S.D. (5 point scale with 1; strongly disagree, 2; disagree, 3; in-between, 4; agree, and 5; strongly agee)

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001 by independent t-test

Notes

This research was supported by the Daegu University Research Grant, 2010.

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