Designing optimized food intake patterns for Korean adults using linear programming (II): adjustment of the optimized food intake pattern by establishing stepwise intake goals of sodium

Purpose: The Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans (KDRIs) suggest that the goal for the intake of sodium should be less than 2,000 mg, which is thought to be infeasible to achieve when eating the typical Korean diet. This study aimed to obtain the new intake goals for sodium with improved feasibility to achieve, and also to design optimized food intake patterns for Korean adults by performing linear programming. Methods: The data from a one day 24-hour dietary recall of the 2010 ~ 2014 Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey were used to quantify food items that Korean adults usually consumed. These food items were categorized into seven groups and 24 subgroups. The mean intakes and intake distributions of the food groups and the food subgroups were calculated for eight age (19 ~ 29, 30 ~ 49, 50 ~ 64, and over 65 years old) and gender (male and female) groups. A linear programming model was constructed to minimize the difference between the optimized intakes and the mean intakes of the food subgroups while meeting KDRIs for energy and 13 nutrients, and not exceeding the typical quantities of each of the food subgroups consumed by the respective age and gender groups. As an initial solution of the linear programming, the optimized intake of seasonings, including salt, was calculated as 0 g for all the age and gender groups when the sodium constraint was inserted not to exceed 2,000 mg. Therefore, the sodium constraint was progressively increased by 100 mg until the optimized intake of seasoning was obtained as the values closest to the $25^{th}$ percentile of the intake distribution of seasonings for the respective age and gender groups. Results: The optimized food intake patterns were mathematically obtained by performing linear programming when the sodium constraint values were 3,600 mg, 4,500 mg, 4,200 mg, 3,400 mg, 2,800 mg, 3,100 mg, 3,100 mg, and 2,500 mg for the eight age and gender groups. Conclusion: The optimized food intake patterns for Korean adults were designed by performing linear programming after increasing the sodium constraint values from 2,000 mg to 2500 ~ 4,500 mg according to the age and gender groups. The resulting patterns suggest that current diets should be modified to increase the intake of vegetables for all the groups, milk/dairy products for the female groups, and fruits for the female groups except for the females aged 50 ~ 64 years.

선형계획법을 이용한 한국 성인의 최적 식품섭취패턴 설계 (II) : 단계적 나트륨 목표섭취량 설정에 따른 최적 식품섭취패턴 조정

본 연구는 선형계획법을 이용하여 나트륨의 제약조건 변화에 따른 최적 식품섭취패턴 변화를 살펴보고 보다 실현성이 높은 나트륨의 목표섭취량을 구하고, 이를 나트륨의 제약조건으로 최적 식품섭취패턴을 설계하는 것을 목적으로 수행되었다. 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 나트륨의 제약조건 (2,000 mg)을 100 mg 단위로 증가시키면서 선형 계획법을 이용하여 조미료의 최적섭취량을 성 및 연령별 여덟 집단에 대해 산출하였다. 조미료의 최적섭취량이 조미료의 실제섭취량의 $25^{th}$ 백분위수에 가장 가까운 경우의 나트륨 양은 남성 19 ~ 29세, 30 ~ 49세, 50 ~ 64세, 65세 이상에서 각각 3,600 mg, 4,500 mg, 4,200 mg, 3,400 mg, 여성 19 ~ 29세, 30 ~ 49세, 50 ~ 64세, 65세 이상에서 각각 2,800 mg, 3,100 mg, 3,100 mg, 2,500 mg으로 산출되었다. 이를 나트륨의 제약조건으로 하였을 때 성 및 연령별 여덟 집단의 최적 식품섭취패턴이 선형계획법을 이용하여 수학적으로 설계되었다. 결론적으로 나트륨의 제약조건을 2,000 mg으로부터 500 ~ 2,500 mg 정도 성 및 연령별로 상향 조정하였을 때 실현성이 높은 최적 식품섭취패턴이 설계되었다. 이 최적 식품섭취패턴에서는 여덟 집단 모두 공통적으로 채소류, 여성에서 우유 유제품류, 50 ~ 64세를 제외한 여성에서 과일류의 섭취량을 현재보다 더 늘릴 필요가 있는 것으로 나타났다.