Development of Nutrition Education Material for Nutrient Intake and Prevention of Disease and the Effects of Nutrition Education for the Elderly - Focused on Items related to Health and Nutrients Intake -
2012
Kim, M.S., Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea | Kim, J.Y., Kongju Communication Arts College, Sejong, Republic of Korea
This study was carried out to develop nutrition education materials for nutrient intake and the prevention of disease for the elderly and to test their effects on the health-related matters and nutrition intakes after nutrition education. The mean age of the subjects was 71.6 years old. Diet adjustment for health increased a little bit from 2.2% to 11.1% after education but with no significance. The highest reported chronic illness was hypertension. The drinking of the subjects decreased a little bit after their education but wasn't significant. There were no significant changes to the frequency of food consumption across all the items after education, but there was a small increase to the daily intake of milk and dairy products and fruits and to a balanced diet three times per day. There was a significant increase in the intake of such nutrients as energy(p less than 0.05), protein(p less than 0.01), lipid(p less than 0.05), phosphorus(p less than 0.05), sodium (p less than 0.05), vitamin B₂(p less than 0.05), vitamin B∧6(p less than 0.05), and niacin(p less than 0.001) after education. Those findings show that nutrition education provided to the elderly had no clear effects on the items that required memorization such as nutrition knowledge but did have some effects on dietary life. If the nutrition education requiring memorization is provided repeatedly with data supplemented, more effective nutrition management will be possible.
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