A PILOT SURVEY ON THE SNACK FOODS IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SEOUL

Yang,  Jai-Hyun; Paik,  Dai-Il; Kim,  Johng-Bai

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 16(5); 1978 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1978;16(5):391-394.
Published online May 31, 1978.

서울시내 국민학교 학동의 간식품에 관한 조사연구

양재현¹, 백대일², 김종배³

^¹서울대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실
^²서울대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실
^³서울대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실

A PILOT SURVEY ON THE SNACK FOODS IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SEOUL

Jai-Hyun Yang¹, Dai-Il Paik², Johng-Bai Kim³

¹Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University
²Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University
³Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University

Abstract

The authors had surveyed on the snack foods of 300 primary school children in Seoul in order to obtain the informations for the dietary counseling and suggestions as a method of dental caries prevention. The obtained results were as follows; 1. Primary school children had the intake of the snack foods in the order of the apple, the candy, the orange, the cake, the milk, the biscuit, the Ramyeontang, the regular gum, the persimon, the Tugpokie. 2. Of the primary school children, 5.6% had intaking no snack food, but 10.6% once, 21.6% twice, 29.0% three times, and 33.0% four times or over in a day, respectively.