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http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2013.7.3.192

Dietary sodium intake in young Korean adults and its relationship with eating frequency and taste preference  

Shim, Eugene (Department of Food and Nutrition, Soongeui Women's College)
Ryu, Ha-Jung (Research Institute of Food & Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University)
Hwang, Jinah (Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Natural Sciences, Myongji University)
Kim, Soo Yeon (Department of Food and Nutrition, Soongeui Women's College)
Chung, Eun-Jung (Division of General Studies, Kangnam University)
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Nutrition Research and Practice / v.7, no.3, 2013 , pp. 192-198 More about this Journal
Abstract
Dietary sodium intake is considered one of the major causal factors for hypertension. Thus, to control the increase of blood pressure and reduce the risk of hypertension-related clinical complications, a reduction in sodium intake is recommended. The present study aimed at determining the association of dietary sodium intake with meal and snack frequency, snacking time, and taste preference in Korean young adults aged 20-26 years, using a 125-item dish-frequency questionnaire. The mean dietary sodium intakes of men and women were 270.6 mmol/day and 213.1 mmol/day, which were approximately 310% and 245% of the daily sodium intake goal for Korean men and women, respectively. Dietary sodium intake was positively correlated with systolic blood pressure in the total group, and BMI in the total and men-only groups. In the total and men-only groups, those who consumed meals more times per day consumed more dietary sodium, but the number of times they consumed snacks was negatively correlated with dietary sodium intake in the total, men-only, and women-only groups. In addition, those who consumed snacks in the evening consumed more sodium than those who did so in the morning in the men-only group. The sodium intake was also positively associated with preference for salty and sweet taste in the total and women-only groups. Such a high intake of sodium in these young subjects shows that a reduction in sodium intake is important for the prevention of hypertension and related diseases in the future.
Keywords
Dietary sodium intake; eating frequency; taste preference; hypertension;
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