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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.

한국어

본 연구는 ‘건강 다이어리‘ 활용 교육 프로그램을 개발하여 이를 학교 교육 현장에 적용함으로써 어린이 스스로 올바른 식습관을 형성하는데 도움이 되도록 하며, 어린이 비만을 예방하는데 도움을 주고자 하는데 있다. 연구의 목적은 ’건강 다이어리‘ 프로그램을 위한 12차시 교육과정을 개발하고 이를 체계적인 교육을 통해 초등학생에게 적용 후 식습관 및 영양지식 향상과 비만도 개선의 효과 여부를 연구하고 분석하는 것이다. 연구결과 실험군 아동들의 비만도는 사전 19.06에서 사후 18.80으로 유의한 수준(p<0.1)의 개선이 이루어진 것으로 나타났으며, 영양지식은 사전 평균 5.13에서 사후 평균 6.84로 유의하게 향상되었다(p<0.01). 연구 결과와 같이 ’건강 다이어리‘를 활용한 교육 프로그램이 영양지식 향상과 비만도 개선에 효과적인 것으로 입증된 바, 초등학교 저학년 때부터 체계적인 교육프로그램을 토대로 지속적인 영양교육을 실시함으로써 사회적으로 문제가 되고 있는 아동비만을 개선하고 예방하는 것이 필요하다.