Estimate of Vitamin Intake and Major Dietary Sources of Vitamin in Children Aged 7-12 Years in the Seoul Area
Cho, Youn-Ok
(Department of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Women′s University)
Park, Sung-Sook
(Department of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Women′s University)
The dietary vitamin intake of 185 Korean children aged 7-12 years (y), who showed no health problems, in the Seoul area and its sources were estimated using a modified Korean vitamin database. The age and sex of each subject was classified according to the classifications in the Korean Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA). Dietary vitamin intake and food sources were estimated using the three-day recall method with the help of a trained interviewer. Food portion sizes were estimated by using standard household measures and published average portion sizes. The average daily vitamin intake was 1.690.50 mg/d in children aged 7-9 y, 1.860.44 mg/d in male children aged 10-12 y and 1.770.62 mg/d in female children aged 10-12 y. Less than 5% of the subjects consumed less than the Korean RDA of vitamin . The average ratio of vitamin intake to daily protein intake was 0.0280.006 mg/g in children aged 7-9 y, 0.0280.004 mg/g in male children aged 10-12 y and 0.0290.007 mg/g in female children aged 10-12 y. The intake of vitamin was significantly (p<.01) positively correlated to the intake of all other nutrients. Foods from animal and plant sources provided 37% and 73% respectively, of total vitamin . Major dietary sources of vitamin in children in the Seoul area were rice, soybean sprouts, pork, beef, cereal, kimchi, milk, onions, and potatoes. As for major dietary sources of vitamin , the top 20 foods provided nearly 73-75% of the total vitamin consumed by Korean children.