Need Assessment for Central Food Production in Child Care Center Foodservices
Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
; : 225-234, 1998.
Article
in Ko
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ABSTRACT
Nutrition during childhood is essential for growth and maintenance of health. Good food habits developed during the childhood will contribute both to the healthy growth and the prevention of the degenerative disease of later life. Both parents and the providers in child care centers play an important role for children's good eating behavior. Therefore all child care programs should achieve recommended standards for meeting children's nutritional and educational needs in a safe, sanitary, and supportive environment to promote the healthy growth and development of children. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the foodservice management practices and assess the needs for a Central Production Unit by contacting the child care center' providers. This approach was achieved using a variety of qualitative and quantitative information including the general foodservice management practices and the needs for a Central Production Unit. An indepth face-to-face interview with structured-questionnaires was undertaken at 32 representative child-care centers in Seoul. Statistical data analysis was done using the SAS program for descriptive analysis and ANOVA. The number of national/public and private sectors were 11 respectively, followed by 10 licensed home day-care centers. Total average number of children in child-care centers was 54.3+/-48.5. The foodservice productivity index in child-care centers was 4.8 minutes per meal for public child care centers, 6.0 for private child-care centers, and 9.8 for home child care centers. Home child care centers were found to have the lowest productivity index which indicated inefficient foodservice practice. The important factors in group purchasing were menus(39.6%) or close distance(39.6%) > type of foodservice operation(32.8%) > total number of meals(19.9%) > food costs(16.2%) in order. Average score of the efficiency for central food production in child-care centers was 3.80+/-0.84 out of 5.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Parents
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Child Care
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Data Interpretation, Statistical
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Private Sector
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Group Purchasing
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Growth and Development
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Efficiency
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Feeding Behavior
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Meals
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Seoul
Type of study:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
Year:
1998
Type:
Article