Investigation of the Management of Foodservice Facilities inCommunity Child Centers in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Area

Service Providers’ Perspectives on Barriers of Healthy Eating to Prevent Obesity among Low-income Children Attending Community Childcare Centers in South Korea: A Qualitative Study

“…Among the various services they provide, feeding is considered one of the most important by both children and their parents (Suh and Rho 2013). Moreover, as the centers offer children snacks and dinner, the service providers often decide the menu, cook, and distribute food to the children (Park and Jung 2017) thereby influencing children's eating habits. Thus, to understand childhood obesity in the lowincome group and develop obesity prevention programs, it is essential to determine service providers' perceived difficulties in managing low-income children's eating habits.…”