Gwangju Seo-gu Provides Balanced Meals at Senior Dining Facilities

Operation of Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center from This Year... Two Nutritionists On-site

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Daeseok) announced on the 15th that it will operate the ‘Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center’ to provide systematic and balanced meal management for senior meal facilities.

The Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center is operated by Seo-gu through a private consignment to the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Chonnam National University, with two nutritionists stationed to support meal management for senior centers and senior dining halls within Seo-gu.

Previously, Seo-gu recognized the need for expert nutrition and hygiene management for senior meal facilities such as senior centers and senior dining halls, and conducted a survey on these facilities last year.

Based on the results, the project was promoted with a city budget support of 100 million KRW.

This year, a total of 45 meal facilities, including 39 senior centers and 6 senior dining halls, will be selected as project targets.

The project will implement ▲巡回 visits and consulting ▲hygiene education for cooking staff ▲nutrition information provision ▲support for hygiene supplies ▲cooking practice ▲dietary lifestyle surveys, among others.

Heo Youngran, head of the Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center, said, “This will lay the foundation for providing balanced meals to seniors through systematic meal management for senior centers and others that have been vulnerable in terms of nutrition and hygiene until now,” adding, “It is expected to greatly help improve the health of the elderly.”

Meanwhile, Seo-gu signed a business agreement on social welfare meal management support with the Gwangju Seo-gu branch of the Korea Senior Citizens Association (Chairman Kim Junho) on the 26th of last month. According to the agreement, they will cooperate to improve the health of seniors at senior centers, enhance meal quality, and carry out specialized nutrition improvement projects targeting seniors at senior universities.

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