This study was conducted to investigate satisfaction and improvement of nutritional status among the participants of nutrition plus program held at Health center located in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. Questionnaire survey was carried out targeting total 190 participants includin...
This study was conducted to investigate satisfaction and improvement of nutritional status among the participants of nutrition plus program held at Health center located in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. Questionnaire survey was carried out targeting total 190 participants including 5 pregnant women, 51 lactating women, 55 infants(15 babies of 0-5 month old, 40 babies of 6-12 month old), and 79 children. In addition, their nutritional status data before and after participation were collected to investigate the effectiveness of the program. 1. The participation duration was highest with period 3-6 months and the satisfaction about program as well as supplementary foods was relatively high with 4 point out of 5 point criteria. Satisfaction for supplementary foods was high with rice(unpolished rice, barley), milk, and eggs, but with potatoes(sweet potato, noodles), black beans(red bean, cereal), and carrots(green pumpkin) satisfaction was relatively low. The reason was that most of respondents did not like the food’s condition itself. The frequency of food intake per each study subject showed that persistent ingestion as more than ‘once a day’ was found in rice(unpolished rice, barley), milk, and eggs. It has been found that the higher the satisfaction for the supplementary food, the more frequently these were taken and reversely, the lower the satisfaction for the supplementary food, the less was the intake frequency. 2. The frequency of receiving nutrition education was highest as ‘5-8 times’ with 53.7% and the understanding level about educational contents were ‘high’ as 28.4%, ‘medium to high’ as 47.4%. For the nutrition management capability obtained via nutrition education, 85.2% of respondents answered as improved. 36.3% of respondents preferred gathering education at health center and 80.5% of subjects responded that they have willingness to participate education session even it is not obligated by nutrition plus program. 3. The fulfillment rate of dietary guidelines of pregnant and lactating women showed that subjects who consumed meat and fish more than ‘once a day’ were 69.7% and 55.4% respectively. Subjects who consumed caffeine containing foods ‘once a day’ was 57.1%. Respondents who answered ‘regularly eating food without skipping’ were 53.6% and lactating women who did not do any exercise were 62.7%. 4. Nutritional status comparison of respondents before and after the program implementation revealed that body weight and BMI were increased in pregnant women, but hemoglobin level was decreased after program implementation, whereas their vitamin A intake was significantly increased(p<0.01). Significant increases of hemoglobin concentrations(p<0.001) was found in lactating women with values from 11.7g/dl to 12.6g/dl after implementing program along with significant increases in intake of energy, vitamin A, protein, calcium, and riboflavin. In case of infants, their height, body weight, and BMI were significantly increased(p<0.001) after nutrition program but with significant decreases(p<0.05,p<0.001) in height percentile and weight percentile of anthropometic index below 10th percentile. Significant increases in height and weight were also found in children(p<0.001) and their hemoglobin contents also were increased significantly(p<0.001) from 10.9g/dl to 11.7g/dl after the program implementation. A significant increase was also observed in energy, protein, calcium, iron, riboflavin, and vitamin C(p<0.001) and same was the case of vitamin A(p<0.05). The study result revealed that nutrition plus program gave high satisfaction with nutritional improvement effect to the study subjects. However, fulfillment level of dietary guideline was partly low even under nutritional education that implies persistent execution of education is needed. Also, it is necessary to pursue the research about how long the nutritional improvement effect lasts even after nutrition plus program.
This study was conducted to investigate satisfaction and improvement of nutritional status among the participants of nutrition plus program held at Health center located in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. Questionnaire survey was carried out targeting total 190 participants including 5 pregnant women, 51 lactating women, 55 infants(15 babies of 0-5 month old, 40 babies of 6-12 month old), and 79 children. In addition, their nutritional status data before and after participation were collected to investigate the effectiveness of the program. 1. The participation duration was highest with period 3-6 months and the satisfaction about program as well as supplementary foods was relatively high with 4 point out of 5 point criteria. Satisfaction for supplementary foods was high with rice(unpolished rice, barley), milk, and eggs, but with potatoes(sweet potato, noodles), black beans(red bean, cereal), and carrots(green pumpkin) satisfaction was relatively low. The reason was that most of respondents did not like the food’s condition itself. The frequency of food intake per each study subject showed that persistent ingestion as more than ‘once a day’ was found in rice(unpolished rice, barley), milk, and eggs. It has been found that the higher the satisfaction for the supplementary food, the more frequently these were taken and reversely, the lower the satisfaction for the supplementary food, the less was the intake frequency. 2. The frequency of receiving nutrition education was highest as ‘5-8 times’ with 53.7% and the understanding level about educational contents were ‘high’ as 28.4%, ‘medium to high’ as 47.4%. For the nutrition management capability obtained via nutrition education, 85.2% of respondents answered as improved. 36.3% of respondents preferred gathering education at health center and 80.5% of subjects responded that they have willingness to participate education session even it is not obligated by nutrition plus program. 3. The fulfillment rate of dietary guidelines of pregnant and lactating women showed that subjects who consumed meat and fish more than ‘once a day’ were 69.7% and 55.4% respectively. Subjects who consumed caffeine containing foods ‘once a day’ was 57.1%. Respondents who answered ‘regularly eating food without skipping’ were 53.6% and lactating women who did not do any exercise were 62.7%. 4. Nutritional status comparison of respondents before and after the program implementation revealed that body weight and BMI were increased in pregnant women, but hemoglobin level was decreased after program implementation, whereas their vitamin A intake was significantly increased(p<0.01). Significant increases of hemoglobin concentrations(p<0.001) was found in lactating women with values from 11.7g/dl to 12.6g/dl after implementing program along with significant increases in intake of energy, vitamin A, protein, calcium, and riboflavin. In case of infants, their height, body weight, and BMI were significantly increased(p<0.001) after nutrition program but with significant decreases(p<0.05,p<0.001) in height percentile and weight percentile of anthropometic index below 10th percentile. Significant increases in height and weight were also found in children(p<0.001) and their hemoglobin contents also were increased significantly(p<0.001) from 10.9g/dl to 11.7g/dl after the program implementation. A significant increase was also observed in energy, protein, calcium, iron, riboflavin, and vitamin C(p<0.001) and same was the case of vitamin A(p<0.05). The study result revealed that nutrition plus program gave high satisfaction with nutritional improvement effect to the study subjects. However, fulfillment level of dietary guideline was partly low even under nutritional education that implies persistent execution of education is needed. Also, it is necessary to pursue the research about how long the nutritional improvement effect lasts even after nutrition plus program.
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