The study was conducted to identify the recognition, and the preference for the traditional food provided by secondary school food services in male and female secondary school students in certain areas of Gyeonggi-do. The summarized results are from a survey of 300 students. Forty seven percent of the men and women had BMI indexes within the normal range. In an investigation of satisfaction, and recognition of traditional food, ~81.3% of the total respondents stated that Korean food developed in the context of traditional culture best defined traditional Korean food(p<0.01). In a reason of being concerned about the traditional food, man and woman student who responded "through mass-media" was the most. Concerning the degree of satisfaction with the traditional food provided in school food services, ~67.3% of total respondents responded with "satisfaction", this was double the number of responses indicating "unsatisfaction". In an order of preference of traditional Korean foods provided in school food services, noodles, dumplings, stew, and Jungol rated the highest in preference. Seasoned vegetables, raw vegetables, radishes seasoned with soy, and salted fish were the foods with the lowest preference ratings; the students did not prefer to those foods. Especially, soup(p<0.01), broth(p<0.05), roast(p<0.01), and hard boiled food, and fried food(p<0.05) showed meaningful differences regarding gender preference.

• 남정혜 | Jung He Nam