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Kafe 바로가기주관연구기관 | 한국농촌경제연구원 Korea Rural Economic Institute |
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연구책임자 | 김상효 |
참여연구자 | 이용선 , 허성윤 |
보고서유형 | 최종보고서 |
발행국가 | 대한민국 |
언어 | 한국어 |
발행년월 | 2017-10 |
과제시작연도 | 2017 |
주관부처 | 국무조정실 The Office for Government Policy Coordination |
등록번호 | TRKO201800042625 |
과제고유번호 | 1105012035 |
사업명 | 한국농촌경제연구원 |
DB 구축일자 | 2018-11-03 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.23000/TRKO201800042625 |
□ 연구 배경
◯ 우리나라는 출산율 감소, 기대수명 증가 등으로 인구고령화가 빠르게 진행되고 있음. 고령층은 대체로 식욕이 부진하고 식품 섭취능력이 저하되므로 영양상태 불균형에 처할 위험이 높으며, 실제 고령층의 영양섭취량은 권장량 대비 현저하게 낮은 것으로 나타남.
◯ 우리나라의 고령친화식품시장은 다양한 요인에 의하여 활성화되지 못하고 있어 정부에 의한 활성화 정책이 필요한 시점임.
◯ 본 연구는 고령화 시대에 고령층의 삶의 질 향상과 건강 증진, 사회적 질병비용 절감, 그리고 고령친화식품을 미래 식품산업의 성장동
□ 연구 배경
◯ 우리나라는 출산율 감소, 기대수명 증가 등으로 인구고령화가 빠르게 진행되고 있음. 고령층은 대체로 식욕이 부진하고 식품 섭취능력이 저하되므로 영양상태 불균형에 처할 위험이 높으며, 실제 고령층의 영양섭취량은 권장량 대비 현저하게 낮은 것으로 나타남.
◯ 우리나라의 고령친화식품시장은 다양한 요인에 의하여 활성화되지 못하고 있어 정부에 의한 활성화 정책이 필요한 시점임.
◯ 본 연구는 고령화 시대에 고령층의 삶의 질 향상과 건강 증진, 사회적 질병비용 절감, 그리고 고령친화식품을 미래 식품산업의 성장동력으로 육성하고자 하는 목적으로 고령층의 식품소비 현황과 기호를 심도 있게 파악, 공급업체의 실태 및 애로사항을 점검, 시장 활성화 저해요인을 도출함. 궁극적으로는 고령친화식품시장의 활성화를 위한 정책 기본방향 및 세부 방안을 제시함.
□ 연구 방법
◯ 관련 문헌 및 자료 조사, 원자료 통계분석 등을 통해 우리나라 고령화의 추세와 고령자의 소비 구조 및 여력, 소득·자산 등의 변화 양상과현 실태를 살펴봄.
◯ 식품기업 연구소, 고령 소비자, 노인시설 영양사를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 고령친화식품시장의 현황 및 활성화 저해요인, 고령자의 기호와 향후 정책수요 등을 파악함. 일본 및 독일 해외사례 조사·참고하여 정책 시사점을 도출함.
◯ 코호트분석을 통하여 식품소비 지출의 연도·연령·세대효과를 살펴봄.처치효과모형(Treatment Effect Model), 고령 소비자의 지불의향(WTP) 분석 등을 통해 고령친화식품 활성화의 기대효과를 분석함. SWOT 분석을 수행하여 고령친화식품시장을 둘러싼 여건을 고찰함.
□ 고령화 추세와 사회·경제적 변화
◯ 우리나라는 초저출산 사회로 진입함과 동시에 기대수명이 증가하면서 빠른 속도로 초고령사회로 진입하고 있음. 생산가능인구는 감소하고 있으며, 노년부양비가 증가하여 의료비 지출 및 부담이 급증하고 있음.
◯ 저작·연하·소화 등 고령자의 3대 섭식장애 문제가 심각하게 대두되고 있으며 상관분석 결과, 저작장애는 삶의 질을 낮추는 요인으로 작용하고 있음. 뿐만 아니라, 섭식장애는 음식 섭취량의 감소, 영양상태 불 균형, 더 나아가 건강 악화로까지 연결되기 때문에 사회적인 관심이 필요한 영역이며, 부양주체에 대한 국민의 인식도 점차 정부·사회가 책임져야 한다는 방향으로 전환되고 있음.
□ 고령자의 식품소비 및 영양섭취
◯ 식품소비 지출액은 고령자의 연령대가 증가할수록 크게 감소하여 54세 이하 가구주가 평균 약 68만 원을 식품비로 지출하는 것에 비해 70~74세는 그 절반 수준인 약 35만 원을 지출함.
◯ 고령층 연령대가 증가할수록 거의 모든 식품군 섭취량이 감소하는데,곡류, 두류, 채소류, 해조류 등은 감소폭이 비교적 크지 않은 반면, 당류, 육류, 종실류, 버섯류, 과실류, 우유류, 유지류의 감소폭은 상대적으로 큰 것으로 분석됨.
◯ 고령층 연령대가 증가할수록 에너지와 3대 영양소의 섭취량이 감소하고 모든 영양소의 영양섭취 부족·불균형 문제가 심각한 것으로 나타남. 이는 식품비 지출액과 섭취량의 감소에 기인함.
◯ 고령자는 가급적 연한 음식을 찾아서 먹거나(39.0%), 가급적 꼭꼭 씹어 먹는 편임(40.7%). 저작기능과 연하기능으로 인해 불편을 겪는 고령자의 비중 또한 각각 37.9%, 59.6%로 높게 나타남.
◯ 고령자들은 다른 연령대에 비해 끼니를 많이 챙겨먹는 편임. 그럼에도 불구하고 이들의 식품비 지출액과 식품 섭취량이 낮고 영양상태또한 불균형이 심각한 것은 식품을 둘러싼 환경과 섭취 과정에 문제가 있음을 보여줌.
□ 고령친화식품시장 현황 및 실태
◯ 현우리나라 고령친화식품시장은 아직 활성화되지 못하고 있으며, 환자용 식품(치료식)이 주를 이루고 있음. 형태별로는 유동식, 분말식,점도증진제, 젤리식, 영양죽, 연하도움식 등이 출시되어 있음. 1,500여종의 고령친화 가공식품이 시중에서 판매되고 있는 일본과 비교할 때 우리나라 고령친화 가공식품시장은 매우 초기 단계임.
◯ 42개 식품제조기업 연구소를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 고령 친화식품 관련 사업을 추진한 경험이 있거나 추진할 계획이 있는 기업은 32.5% 수준임. 과거 사업 추진 경험이 있는 기업들은 사업 중단의 이유로 ‘사업성 부재’, ‘제품 개발로 인한 판매가격 인상 문제’, ‘고령층의 고령친화식품에 대한 필요성 인식 부족’ 등을 꼽음.
◯ 사업 추진상의 애로사항으로는 ‘시장성 파악 및 기획(34.8%)’, ‘홍보 및 판촉(18.8%)’, ‘유통 및 판매(18.3%)’, ‘기술개발(14.6%)’ 순으로 조사되어, 시장에 대한 정보제공, 홍보 및 판촉활동 지원, 기술개발 지원 등이 시장 활성화를 위해 필요한 정책 요소인 것으로 분석되었음.
◯ 노인시설 영양사 120명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 71.6%가 고령자에게 ‘일반식’을 제공하고 있었으나, 생활시설의 경우 20.2%가‘부드럽게 잘게 썬 다짐식이나 갈은식’으로 급식을 제공하는 것으로 나타남. 노인시설 영양사의 56.7%는 향후 고령친화 인증·표시된 완제품을 구입할 의향이 있다고 응답함.
◯ 고령 소비자 700명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 13.7%만이 고령친화식품을 들어본 적이 있었으며, 15.9%는 고령친화식품에 대해 거부감을 느끼는 것으로 나타남. 거부감을 느끼는 주된 원인으로는‘스스로 고령임을 인정해야 하는 과정이 수반되어야 하기 때문’이며,그로 인한 낙인효과의 영향이 비교적 큰 것으로 나타남.
◯ 고령친화식품 제품속성들 중 ‘영양균형 유지’, ‘소화용이성’, ‘저작 및 연하용이성’ 등이 고령자들이 가장 중요하게 평가하는 속성이었으며, 선호하는 요소로는 ‘맛(30.5%)’, ‘안전성(22.2%)’, ‘가격(21.3%)’ 순으로 나타남. 향후 고령친화식품이 출시되면 구입하겠다는 응답은 61.0%로 높은 수준이었으며, 정부 인증이 필요하다고 응답한 비중은 94.1%에 달함.
□ 고령친화식품시장 활성화 효과 및 여건
◯ 고령친화식품시장 활성화의 사회경제적 효과분석을 위해 질병비용 감소효과와 소비자 효용 증대효과에 대한 모형 분석을 실시함. 고령친화 식품시장의 형성 및 활성화는 8대 질병에 대해 연간 5,240억 원의 고령자와 관련한 사회적 질병비용을 감소시킬 것으로 분석되었고, 고령소비자 효용 증가분은 연간 3,492억 원 수준, 정부의 인증·표준화 및 관리 서비스로 인한 프리미엄까지 가산하면 총 6,623억 원 수준까지 증대될 것으로 분석됨. 한편, 일본 고령친화식품시장 규모로 활성화된다면 우리나라 시장규모는 약 2조 2천억 원 규모가 될 것으로 추산됨.
◯ SWOT 분석을 통해, 고령친화식품시장을 둘러싼 여건을 내부적 요인(강점과 약점)과 외부적 요인(위협요인과 기회요인)으로 살펴보았으며 결과는 본 보고서를 참조하기 바람.
□ 시장 활성화의 저해요인과 시장의 정책수요
◯ 고령친화식품시장 활성화의 저해 요인은 ‘고령친화식품 관련 정부 정책·제도 기반 미흡’이 30.2%로 가장 컸고, ‘고령층 스스로의 고령친화 식품 필요성에 대한 인식 부족(21.4%)’, ‘고령층을 대상으로 하는 효율적인 판로(유통망) 부족(20.6%)’, ‘노인빈곤 문제(16.7%)’ 순으로 나타남.
◯ 고령친화식품시장 활성화를 달성하기 위한 식품기업의 정책적 요구는‘정부 차원의 대국민 홍보사업 및 캠페인 전개’, ‘제품개발(R&D) 지원’, ‘노인장기요양보험 등 기존정책과 연계’, ‘고령자 건강상태 검진 및 식사지도’ 순으로 제시됨.
◯ 고령친화식품시장 활성화를 위한 일선 영양사들의 정책적 요구는 ‘취약 고령자 대상 식품지원제도 확충’, ‘노인장기요양보험 급식비 산정기준 개정’, ‘연구개발 지원’, ‘급식관리·영양 관련 표준화 개발 및 보급’,‘노인기관 영양사 대상 교육프로그램 개발 및 제공’ 순으로 제시됨.
□ 시장 활성화를 위한 기본방향 설정 및 세부 추진방안
◯ 우리 정부는 새로운 식품 업종을 육성하고 이에 따라 농업과 식품산업의 활성화에 기여하는 것과 고령자의 건강과 삶의 질 향상에 기여하는 것을 고령친화식품시장 활성화 정책의 주요 목적으로 두어야 할 것임. 고령친화식품시장 활성화를 위한 정책 방향은 ① 시장 인프라 구축, ② 캠페인, 교육·상담을 통한 수요 창출, ③ 기업 생태계 조성,④ 복지제도(공공복지사업)와 연계 등 크게 네 가지로 제시함.
◯ 첫째, 고령친화식품시장의 인프라 구축을 위해서는 효과적인 규격 구분과 알기 쉽고 친근한 표시 방법, 관련 법·제도의 정비, 통계·정보 수집과 시장·비즈니스 모델 분석 등이 요구됨.
◯ 둘째, 수요 창출을 위해서는 고령화에 따른 건강한 식생활의 필요성과 이를 위한 고령친화식품 활용에 관한 캠페인 추진 및 고령자 대상실태조사를 기반으로 한 상담 프로그램 운영 등이 효과적일 것으로 판단됨.
◯ 셋째, 고령친화식품시장의 조기 정착을 위해서는 기업의 진입 및 투자를 장려하는 생태계를 조성하는 것이 필수적임. 협회 설립·운영 지원을 통한 정보 교환·축적, 생산현장의 애로사항 해결 및 R&D 지원확대, 공동 홍보, 정책 건의활동 촉진, 기업 상담회 개최나 박람회 특별 세션 개설 등을 통한 신제품과 기업에 대한 홍보 및 거래 기회 확대, 우수기업 지정·인증 등을 통한 외부투자 촉진, 지자체와 연계한 고령친화식품 개발·판매 등이 필요함.
◯ 넷째, 복지제도와의 연계 사업으로 지자체-식품기업의 재택 요양자에 대한 도시락 배달 및 안부확인 비즈니스 사업화, 취약계층 대상 식품지원제도와의 연계, 장기요양보험제도의 식사재료비 급여화 등이 필요함.
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□ Background of Study
○ As the birth rate declines and life expectancy increases, the elderly population in Korea is rapidly growing. Another worrying aspect is the pace of this change. When the baby boomers reach old age between 2015 and 2030, Korea is expected to enter the hyperaging society un
□ Background of Study
○ As the birth rate declines and life expectancy increases, the elderly population in Korea is rapidly growing. Another worrying aspect is the pace of this change. When the baby boomers reach old age between 2015 and 2030, Korea is expected to enter the hyperaging society unprecedented in the world.
○ Since elderly people generally have a decreased appetite and a low food intake ability, there is a high risk of nutritional imbalance and the actual nutrition intake of elderly people is significantly smaller than the recommended amount.
○ The senior-friendly food market in Korea is not very active due to various factors, and there is no clear definition or classification of senior- friendly foods.
○ This study aims to examine the status of food consumption and preferences of elderly people in order to reduce the social cost to treat chronic diseases due to aging, improve the quality of life of elderly people, enhance health and develop senior-friendly foods as a growth engine of the future food industry, examine the actual conditions and difficulties of suppliers, and suggest factors that may impede the market. This study also aims to suggest the basic direction of policy and details for vitalizing the senior-friendly food market.
□ Research Method
○ We analyzed trends of the elderly population in Korea to determine their patterns of food consumption, consumption power, income / assets, and status of socioeconomic changes through study of related literature and data, performed statistical analysis of original data, and further evaluated subdivided data for each age group.
○ A survey by questionnaire was conducted to gather information from food companies, elderly consumers, and nutritionists working for rest homes to understand the status of the senior-friendly food market. We analyzed specific factors that inhibit vitalization thereof, the preferences of elderly people and future policy demand to draw implications with reference to cases from Japan and Germany.
○ The cohort analysis was used to examine the effect in years, effect in age groups, and effect in generations for food consumption expenditure. The Treatment Effect Model and WTP analysis of elderly consumers was used to analyze the effect of vitalizing the senior-friendly food market. A SWOT analysis was used to examine various conditions surrounding the senior-friendly food market.
□ Trends in Aging and Socio-economic Change
○ Korea is rapidly becoming a very old society as the birth rate of Korea is very low and life expectancy increases. The working-age population is declining, the cost for supporting elderly people is rising, and medical expenditures are surging.
○ The three major eating difficulties of elderly people, for example, chewing/ swallowing / digestion difficulties are serious, and a correlation analysis shows the chewing difficulty lowers the quality of life. In addition, because eating difficulties are linked to reduced food intake, unbalanced nutritional status, and even deterioration of health, it is vital to pay attention thereto in the society, and people generally think now that the government/society should do something about caring for elderly people.
○ Only about 30% of elderly people in Korea are engaged in economic activities. Additionally, many of them are not full-time employees, implying low employment quality and quantity. The income of elderly people shows a sudden decrease when they are about 60 years old, and their assets are shown to be the same when they are about 70 years old to reveal very high polarization (inequality). Meanwhile, the poverty rate of elderly people in Korea is ranked overwhelmingly high among OECD countries.
□ Analysis of Food Consumption of Elderly People
○ The Engel’s coefficient of elderly people is relatively high, and food expenses account for a large portion of expenditure. However, the food expenditure itself is greatly reduced as elderly people get older. Those in the 70 to 74-year-old group spend approximately 350,000 won, which is about half of the expenditure (about 680,000 won) by a household not older than 54 years old.
○ As elderly people get older, they eat more homemade food and do not dine out as many times as they used to. Although they have difficulties in walking, and complain of difficulties in purchasing materials and cooking with those materials, it seems that the economic factor plays the greatest part. Therefore, the outlook is that Chinese food or delivered food, for example, HMR, will play an important role in the senior- friendly food market.
○ As elderly people get older, the amount of food intake decreases in many key food categories. While the decrease in grains, beans, vegetables and seaweeds is shown to be relatively small, the decrease in sugar, meat, seeds, mushrooms, fruits, milk products and oil is shown to be relatively great in our analysis.
○ As elderly people get older, energy and intake of the three major nutrient groups decrease. Insufficient nutrient intake and unbalanced intake of all nutrients are very concerning. This unbalanced diet results directly from a decrease in expenditure on food and food intake.
○ Elderly people eat soft food whenever possible (39.0%), and chew food as many times as possible (40.7%). The percentage of elderly people suffering from chewing and swallowing difficulties is also high (37.9%, 59.6%).
○ Elderly people tend to eat meals more times than other age groups. Nonetheless, their expenditure on food, food intake, and highly unbalanced nutritional status indicate problems with their food environment and their intake process.
□ Analysis of Senior-friendly Food Market
○ There is no clear definition of senior-friendly foods in Korea at present, and they are also not clearly defined in the "Senior-friendly Industry Promotion Act". This study defines the senior-friendly food as "foods or meals specially manufactured, processed or cooked to enable elderly people who suffer from food intake difficulties (swallowing, chewing and digestion) to eat them easily, or foods which are specially manufactured, processed or cooked to contain nutrients that elderly people may be deficient in from an elderly consumer-oriented perspective."
○ The senior-friendly food market of Korea has not been vitalized yet, and food designed for patients (diet that fights diseases) is the main source. Liquid, powdery, viscosity-enhancing, jelly type, nutritious porridge, and easy-to-swallow type foods are available in the market. While about 1,500 types of senior-friendly processed foods are already available and sold in the market in Japan, Korea's senior-friendly processed food market is in its very early stage.
○ The result of the survey by questionnaire to collect information from 42 food manufacturing enterprises shows that 32.5% of companies have experiences or are planning to promote business related to senior- friendly foods. Companies that had business experiences in the past said the reasons for business interruption as follows: no great profits, increase in selling prices due to product development, and lack of awareness of the need for senior-friendly foods.
○ The difficulties in the senior-friendly food business expressed in the survey include: examination of marketability and planning (34.8%) followed by public relations and promotion (18.8%), distribution and sales (18.3%) and technology development (14.6%). Therefore, required policy elements are providing market information and support for public relations and promotional activities, and increasing support for technological developments for vitalizing the senior-friendly food market. In the survey, 77.5% of respondents said that the senior-friendly food market is not currently active, but 80% of respondents said it is likely to grow in the future.
○ In the survey by questionnaire to collect information from 120 nutritionists working for rest homes, 71.6% of them provided general meals to their residents, while 20.2% provided meals with finely chopped or minced-type food. It was found that they acquire information related to menus for elderly people from the Internet. The survey also showed that 35.3% of elderly people suffer from chewing difficulties, 18.0% digestion difficulties, and 13.4% swallowing difficulties.
○ In the survey, 90.8% of nutritionists answered that they know about senior- friendly foods. The survey results also showed that 59.4% who have used senior-friendly foods answered that they are generally satisfied with the foods and 56.7% answered that they are willing to purchase finished products with senior-friendly certifications and indications in the future.
○ The survey by questionnaire to collect information from 700 elderly consumers showed that only 13.7% of respondents were aware of senior- friendly foods and 15.9% felt an objection to purchasing the foods. The main reason for objection is that it means acknowledging that they are elderly, and the accompanying branding of themselves as elderly is relatively high.
○ In ranking senior-friendly foods product attributes, nutritional balance, easy digestion, easy chewing and swallowing were the most important attributes for elderly people, and their preference was taste (30.5%), safety (22.2%) and price (21.3%). In the survey, 61.0% of respondents said that they would buy the senior-friendly foods in the future if available in the market, and 94.1% of the respondents answered that government certification is required.
□ Policies of Korea and Other Countries for Senior-friendly Foods
○ In order to cope with the increasing aging population, the government has played a series of roles in the organization of the Aging Population Society Action Team, the establishment of the Future Society Committee, the enactment of the "Low Birth Rate and Aging Society Act" and the "Senior-friendly Industry Promotion Act". However, there are more things to be done for promotion of the senior-friendly industry.
○ The Ministry of Health and Welfare, responsible for the Senior-friendly Industry Promotion Act, has lost the engine to nurture the industry except for the support of the Support Center for Senior-friendly Industries. And the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy does not have the budget or human resources and therefore has suspended all related projects. Although the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs supports establishment of Korean Industrial Standards (KS) and R&D for senior-friendly food, there is no policy in place for supporting the industry and vitalizing the market.
○ In the early 2000s, Japan established and operated the UDF standard by the Japan Care Food Conference. Since then multiple care food specifications and standards have been applied in the 2010s. TheMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries introduced a labelingsystem called "Smile Care Food" as a new care food category in 2016 to unify the labels and foster the industry.
○ Smile Care Food is a labeling policy that covers labels for processed foods for elderly people suffering from chewing and swallowing difficulties, and those with concerns about lack of nutrients. Because this labeling provides simple and intuitive information to elderly consumers, it would be beneficial to refer to this policy in the future.
○ Appetito, a German processed food company, is leading the market for providing catering and home delivery services by continuing to develop frozen food menus that can be consumed as a meal mainly by the elderly or disabled but can be used by anyone. It has also established an online ordering system and an individual delivery system, and makes great efforts to secure consumer’s trust.
○ In addition, because Germany has already developed a nationwide campaign and standardized catering service / delivered foods for elderly people, it is advantageous to use Germany as a benchmark in the development of mid-to long-term goals to vitalize Korea's senior-friendly food market.
□ Effect of and Condition for Vitalizing Senior-friendly Food Market
○ To analyze the socio-economic effects of vitalizing the senior-friendly food market, a model analysis was made of the effect of reducing the cost for treating diseases and the effect of increasing consumer’s benefits. Our analysis suggests that creation and vitalization of the senior- friendly food market will reduce the social cost related to treating the diseases of elderly people with respect to 8 diseases by 524 billion won per year. The increase in the benefits to elderly consumers is estimated to be 349.2 billion won per year. If the premium by certification/ standardization and management service of the government is added to the service, it will be increased to 662.3 billion won in total. Meanwhile, if the Korean senior-friendly food market is vitalized sim ilar to the scale of the Japanese senior-friendly food market, it is estimated that Korea's market size will be 2.2 trillion won.
○ Through the SWOT analysis, the condition around the senior-friendly food market was divided into internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (threats and opportunities) and examined. The following table illustrates the result.
□ Obstacles to Vitalizing Senior-friendly Food Market and Policy Demand for Senior-friendly Food Market
○ The obstacles to vitalizing the senior-friendly food market are incomplete government policy / system for senior-friendly foods (30.2%), low awareness of the needs for senior-friendly foods by elderly people (21.4%), the small number of efficient sales (distribution) channels for elderly people (20.6%), and the issue of elderly people’s poverty(16.7%).
○ The policy demands from food companies to promote the senior- friendly food market are as follows: "Promote public relations and campaigns by the government," "Provide support for product development(R & D)", "Link it to existing policies such as Long-term Care Insurance", and "Check elderly people’s health and assist their eating meals".
○ Nutritionists suggest policy demands for vitalizing the senior-friendly food market as follows: 'Expand the food support system for vulnerable elderly people', 'Amend the standard for calculating food cost in the Long-term Care Insurance', 'Provide support for research and development', 'Develop and provide standards for catering/nutrients', and 'Develop and provide programs for training nutritionists working for rest homes'.
□ Establishing Basic Direction for Vitalizing Market and Detailed Plan
○ In supporting the senior-friendly food industry, the Korean government should be dedicated to fostering a new food industry, contributing to vitalizing agriculture and the food industry, and thus contributing to improving health and the quality of life of elderly people.
○ The directions of policy for vitalizing the senior-friendly food market are as follows: ① Build senior-friendly food market infrastructure, ② Create demand through campaigns, education and counseling, ③ Encourage enterprises for the senior-friendly food market, and ④ Link the market to the welfare system (public welfare project).
○ First, in order to build the infrastructure for the senior-friendly food market, it is required to create and classify effective standards, use friendly and easy to understand labels, overhaul relevant acts and regu lations, collect statistics and information, and analyze the senior-friendly food market and business models.
○ Second, in order to create demand, develop campaigns about the need for healthy eating habits compatible with aging and the benefits of using senior-friendly foods. Additionally, operating counseling programs based on surveys of elderly people will be effective.
○ Third, it is essential to establish an effective system that promotes the engagement and investment of companies in order to stabilize the senior- friendly food market early on. Exchange and collect information by establishing and operating associations; solve onsite problems and further provide support for R & D; conduct joint public relations; propose policies; hold counseling sessions for involved enterprises and special exhibitions and seminars for new products; conduct public relations of enterprises and provide transaction opportunities; promote investment by external investors through certification and designation of recognized enterprises; develop and sell senior-friendly foods in cooperation with local governments.
○ Fourth, it is necessary to link the senior-friendly food market to the welfare system in order to commercialize the food parcel delivery service by local governments and food companies to elderly patients staying at home, and the welfare check service. This will link vulnerable people to the food support system, and it is needed to specify the cost for food materials in the Long-Term Care Insurance.
○ The elderly population in Korea is increasing faster than in other countries. Therefore, problems that should be solved in the society and found in this study include elderly people's nutrition, health and isolation issues. It is expected they will be a huge burden on the society in the near future.
○ In order to solve the aforementioned problems, it is necessary to take the suggested action effectively in connection with short-, mid- and long-term tasks, tasks in each field and related fields.
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