어린이 비만예방을 위한 ‘건강 다이어리’ 활용 교육 프로그램 개발과 효과

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop an dietary education program for children using 'Health Diary' by which they can keep their body healthy for themselves and eventually acquire adequate dietary habit and prevent obesity. The results of the research were as below. First, a 12-hour curriculum using 'Health Diary' was developed in this research , and after the application of this program to the school, it was found effective in improving the dietary knowledge and prevention of children's obesity. Second, the dietary knowledge of the children was improved significantly by this program(p<0.01). The dietary knowledge of the children rose from 5.13 before to 6.84 after the education, and it shows that this developed curriculum is effective in improving the dietary knowledge. Third, the obesity rate of children was significantly improved from 19.06 to 18.00 in BMI after the application of this curriculum(p<0.1). And it could be regarded as meaningful by considering the short period of application for children. The improvement of children's diet knowledge can be achieved in a short term, but it needs continuous training and practice to improve the obesity rate up to a meaningful level by keeping desirable dietary habits and practicing in every day life. The curriculum developed in this study by using 'Health Diary' was proved to be very useful for the improvement of the children's dietary knowledge, and the no significance in improving children's obesity could be due to the short application period. Therefore, lulder application of the program would be needed to improve and prevent the children's obesity. Also, it would be much effective that they should be educated continuously by systematic education program from the lowest to the highest grades in the school.