Current Status and Suggested Future Directions of Nutrition Intervention using Healthy School Tuck Shops: the Teenage Perspective

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Korean J Community Nutr. 2018;23(3):226-233

Publication date (electronic) : 2018 June 30

doi : https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2018.23.3.226

Suhyun Oh ¹, Kirang Kim ², Ji-Yun Hwang ³

¹Nutrition Education Major, Graduate School of Education, Sangmyung University, Seoul 03016, Korea.

²Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea.

³Department of Foodservice Management and Nutrition, Sangmyung University, Seoul 03016, Korea.

Corresponding author: Ji-Yun Hwang. Department of Foodservice Management and Nutrition, Sangmyung University, 20 Hongjimun-2-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03016, South Korea. Tel: (02) 781-7521, Fax: (02) 2287-0104, jiyunhk@smu.ac.kr

Received 2018 June 19; Revised 2018 June 26; Accepted 2018 June 26.

Abstract

Objectives

This study was conducted to investigate the current status and to suggest future directions for health management of teenagers who use healthy school tuck shops to improve teenagers' eating habits while reducing and preventing obesity.

Methods

A total of 29 students (16 middle school students and 13 high school students) took part in the interview for this study, and the interview was conducted for each school's focus group by using qualitative research methodology.

Results

The current status of using healthy school tuck shops and suggested future directions were divided into two categories. Personal barriers such as discrepancies between personal perceptions and behaviors and lack of food choice suitable to individual tastes can be solved by rebuilding the operating system to provide intuitive promotion of behavior and customized products through improvements in existing products and new product development. A lack of consistent management from low utilization convenience and difficulty in maintaining a constant purchase price can be handled by establishing a solution to restricted physical access for products, as well as seeking profit by improving distribution costs via continuous cooperation between the school and community.

Conclusions

Continuous funding and a system that reflects the needs and preferences of healthy school tuck shop users should be applied for sustainable operation of healthy school tuck shops to improve teenagers' eating habits.

Keywords: healthy school tuck shops; health management; obesity; teenager; eating habits

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