Korean families' predispositions about food and nutrition

This study was conducted to assess Korean families' predispositions about family interaction, attitudes and knowledge about food and nutrition, and attitudes and perceptions about the relationship between diet and cancer. Targeted families representing a range of income and education levels in which there were two parents and at least one child in the second or the fifth grade were selected purposively from three schools in Seoul, Korea.;While both the students and the parents showed a moderate knowledge of nutrition, and the mothers' knowledge was higher than the fathers' knowledge, mothers, fathers, and students in this group all had little specific knowledge about the function of nutrients in the diet. Moreover, parents' perceptions about the relationship between diet and cancer were high. Family income affected on mother's talking, attitudes, knowledge about food and nutrition, and perceptions about the relationship between diet and cancer, and gender was the most significant factor to anticipate the parents' differences of family interaction behavior, attitudes and knowledge about food and nutrition, and attitudes and perceptions about the relationship between diet and cancer.;A questionnaire was filled out by both the students and their parents to ascertain their interaction, attitudes, and knowledge about food, nutrition, and the relationship between diet and cancer.