Effectiveness of Center for Child-Care Foodservice Management for Menu Management and Dietary Variety

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Korean J Community Nutr. 2013;18(3):243-256

Publication date (electronic) : 2013 June 30

doi : https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2013.18.3.243

Hye-Young Kim , Il-Sun Yang ¹, In-Sook Chae ², Bo-Sook Yi ³, Moon-Kyung Park ³, Ha-Young Kim ¹, Tae-Seok Kang ⁴, Dong-Gil Leem ⁴, Jin-Ha Lee ⁴, Hae-Young Lee ⁵

Institute of Symbiotic Life-TECH, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

¹Deptartment of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea.

³Deptartment of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang Women's University, Seoul, Korea.

⁴Nutrition and Functional Food Research, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Cheongwon, Korea.

⁵Department of Food and Nutrition, Sangji University, Wonju, Korea.

Corresponding author: Hae-Young Lee, Department of Food and Nutrition, Sangji University, 660 Woosan-dong, Wonju 220-702, Korea. Tel: (033) 730-0492, Fax: (033) 738-7740, hy1317@sangji.ac.kr

Received 2013 March 11; Revised 2013 April 22; Accepted 2013 May 02.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Centers for Child-care Foodservice Management (CCFSM)'s support on menu management in child-care centers and kindergartens by comparing two perspectives of pre-support vs. post-support and established vs. non-established. To evaluate dietary variety, we used methods that considered both Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) and Dietary Variety Score (DVS). For surveying pre-support and post-support state by CCFSM, we collected and analyzed menus of June and September, 2012, targeting 7 CCFSM supported institutions. Meanwhile, for surveying state in CCFSM established and non-established areas, we collected and analyzed menus of June, 2012, which were implemented in institutions in CCFSM established (181 places) and non-established (106 places) areas. The results of evaluation on the dietary support by CCFSM showed that post-supporting state by CCFSM (95.3%) was significantly higher than pre-supporting state (77.2%) (p < 0.001) and established areas (87.4%) were significantly higher than non-established ones (77.2%) (p < 0.05) on 'Meeting the DRI for infant'. Evaluation of dietary variety between pre- and post-support state by CCFSM showed that post-support state (total 77.3 point) was higher than pre-support state (total 76.4 point). Evaluation of dietary variety between established and non-established areas showed that established areas (total 81.1 point) were significantly higher than non-established ones (total 77.1 point) (p < 0.001). Therefore, it is considered that dietary support service conducted by CCFSM contributes to improve variety level of diet provided by child-care centers and kindergartens.

Keywords: Centers for Child-care Foodservice Management (CCFSM); menu management; dietary variety; effectiveness

Notes

This research was supported by a grant (12162KFDA162) from Korea Food & Drug Administration in 2012.

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Table 1

General characteristics of the child-care centers & kindergartens

1) N (%), 2) χ²-value, 3) Mean ± SD, 4) The multiple responses

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001

Table 2

Comparison of the menu planning between pre-support and post-support by CCFSM

1) Frequency (%)

2) For respondents that say yes to the above question

3) The multiple responses

^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001

Table 3

Comparison of the menu operating between pre-support and post-support by CCFSM

1) Frequency (%)

2) For respondents that say yes to the above question

3) The multiple responses

^***: p < 0.001

Table 4

Comparison of the nutritional needs between pre-support and post-support by CCFSM

1) Frequency (%)

2) For respondents that say yes to the above question

3) The multiple responses

^*: p < 0.05, ^***: p < 0.001

Table 5

Comparison of the menu planning between established area and non-established area by CCFSM

1) Frequency (%)

2) For respondents that say yes to the above question

3) The multiple responses

^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001

Table 6

Comparison of the menu operating between established area and non-established area by CCFSM

1) Frequency (%)

2) For respondents that say yes to the above question

3) The multiple responses

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001

Table 7

Comparison of the nutritional needs between established area and non-established area by CCFSM

1) Frequency (%)

2) For respondents that say yes to the above question

3) The multiple responses

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001

Table 8

Comparison of dietary variety between pre-support and post-support by CCFSM

1) Mean ± SD

2) Total (max. 100) = Nutrition (max. 50) + Food (max. 50) Valuation criteria: less than score 49 = need to more improve, score 50 - 74 = need to improve, more than score 75 = great

^*: p < 0.05, ^***: p < 0.001

Table 9

Comparison of dietary variety between established area and non-established area for CCFSM

1) Mean ± SD

2) Total (max. 100) = Nutrition (max. 50) + Food (max. 50) Valuation criteria: less than score 49 = need to more improve, score 50 - 74 = need to improve, more than score 75 = great

^***: p < 0.001