Awareness and Preference of Korean Traditional Dishes between Junior Middle School Student in Seoul

The purpose of this study was to investigate recognition and analysis taste of Korean traditional dishes to improve the preference for the School food service aimed at middle school students who feed by school providing meals with lunch. The results were as follows. The cognitive degree of Korea style food were developed food by together with our Korean culture (43.6%). Students answered that the merits of Korea style food was nutritious value (38.3%) and gained the knowledge regarding Korean culture from mostly Mass media (39.1%). Only 34.5% students had education about Korean dishes and culture at school. The effective utilization of media for Korean food culture education was practical training, experience, event and practical exercise. Most favorite menu for students was 'One dish meal', but 'Seasoned vegetable' & 'Salted fish' was a low-level of preference. General preference for Rice and baked food was significantly higher among male students than female (p<0.05). The reasons of favor for Korea style food was tastes & familiar (44.0%) or vice versa. Female students preferred (p<0.01) Korean style dishes than male, and the main reason for not favoring korean style dishes was lack of satiety (p