• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.530-536
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• 2016

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The concept of "food deserts" has been widely used in Western countries as a framework to identify areas with constrained access to fresh and nutritious foods, providing guidelines for targeted nutrition and public health programs. Unlike the vast amount of literature on food deserts in a Western context, only a few studies have addressed the concept in an East Asian context, and none of them have investigated spatial patterns of unhealthy food consumption from a South Korean perspective. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We first evaluated the applicability of food deserts in a Korean setting and identified four Korean-specific unhealthy food consumption indicators, including insufficient food consumption due to financial difficulty, limited consumption of fruits and vegetables, excessive consumption of junk food, and excessive consumption of instant noodles. The KNHANES 2008-2012 data in Seoul were analyzed with stratified sampling weights to understand the trends and basic characteristics of these eating patterns in each category. GIS analyses were then conducted for the data spatially aggregated at the sub-district level in order to create maps identifying areas of concern regarding each of these indicators and their combinations. RESULTS: Despite significant reduction in the rate of food insufficiency due to financial difficulty, the rates of excessive consumption of unhealthy foods (junk food and instant noodles) as well as limited consumption of fruits and vegetables have increased or remained high. These patterns tend to be found among relatively younger and more educated groups, regardless of income status. CONCLUSIONS: A GIS-based analysis demonstrated several hotspots as potential "food deserts" tailored to the Korean context based on the observed spatial patterns of undesirable food consumption. These findings could be used as a guide to prioritize areas for targeted intervention programs to facilitate healthy food consumption behaviors and thus improve nutrition and food-related health outcomes.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.352-364
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• 2020

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Given the increasing proportion of the Korean population that is aged 65 years and older, the present study analyzed the relationship between diet quality and sarcopenia in elderly persons by using data from the 2008-2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). SUBJECTS/METHODS: Data for 3,373 persons aged 65 years and over (men: 1,455, 43.1%) were selected from the 2008-2011 KNHANES. Sarcopenia assessments are based on a formula that divides a subject's appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) by their weight (wt) and multiplies that result by 100 ([ASM/wt] × 100). Sarcopenia is present if the subject's result was less than one standard deviation (SD) below the sex-specific mean for a young reference group. For evaluation of diet quality, data obtained via the 24-hour recall method were used to calculate the Diet Quality Index for Koreans (DQI-K). A general linear model was applied in order to analyze general information and nutritional intake according to sarcopenia status. For analysis of the relationship between diet quality and sarcopenia, a binominal logistic regression analysis was undertaken. RESULTS: The sarcopenia prevalence rate among the study subjects aged 65 years and over was 37.6%. The DQI-K of those without sarcopenia was 3.33 ± 0.04 points, while that of those with sarcopenia was 3.45 ± 0.04 points (P < 0.05). The relationship between diet quality and sarcopenia revealed that subjects aged 75 and older had a poor diet quality, and their odds ratio (OR) of sarcopenia presence was significantly higher (OR: 1.807, 95% confidence interval: 1.003-3.254, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that poor diet quality was related to sarcopenia presence in Koreans aged 75 and older. In order to improve the diet quality of the elderly (aged 75 and older), it is necessary to develop dietary improvement guidelines.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2015

Objectives: Self perceived body image among women is drawing a lot of attention in Korea due to their unhealthy weight control behaviors. To determine the relationship between self-perceived body image and dietary behaviors among Korean women, the discrepancy between actual body size and body image perception, weight control behaviors were assessed based on age groups using the 2010 KNHANES data. Methods: A total of 1,747 subjects were selected after eliminating those of likely changing their diet recently using the 2010 KNHANES data. The subjects were divided into 3 groups, self-underweight, self-normal, and self-obese according to their perception of body image. The BMI and weight control behaviors were assessed based on age groups according to the body image perception. Results: The younger, the higher ratio of underweight, women perceived their body size as normal or overweight. Exercise and reduced food intakes were dominant among various weight control methods but unhealthy methods were dominant among self perceived overweight group. Conclusions: Incorrect body image perception and unhealthy weight control behaviors can cause nutritional problems. Nutritional education should emphasize the importance of healthy weight and proper body image perception for Korean women.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.455-463
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• 2021

This study was conducted to examine the status of food consumption and nutrition intake of young adults according to food security using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) (2008~2018). A total of 10,655 young adults aged 19~34 years participated in the study. The subjects in the moderately/severely food insecure group consumed less fruits, vegetables, meat, nuts and seeds than those in food secure/mildly food insecure group after adjusting for confounding factors. The moderately/severely food insecure group significantly decreased mean adequacy ratio (MAR) and nutrient adequacy ratio (NAR) for protein, vitamin A, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and iron compared to the food secure/ mildly food insecure group. The percentages of the participants consuming a daily diet with carbohydrate, protein, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, phosphorus and iron less than the estimated average requirement (EAR) increased in the moderately/severely food insecure group compared with the food secure group. This study suggested that the nutrition intake of young adults was related to food security status. These findings can be used as basic data for developing nutritional policies for young adults.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2022

본 연구는 2016~2018년 국민건강영양조사의 자료를 활용하여 폐경기 여성의 우울 정도와 구강건강행태의 융합적 관련성을 파악하기 위해 실시되었다. 연구대상자는 40세부터 59세 여성 중 건강설문조사의 월경 여부 문항에서 '폐경'이라고 응답한 1,201명이었다. 자료 분석은 복합표본 교차분석 및 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과 PHQ-9 점수가 '10점 이상'인 집단이 '10점 미만' 집단에 비해 3.12배 흡연을 하는 경향이 나타나, 폐경 여성의 우울 정도는 구강건강행태 중 흡연과 깊은 관련성이 나타났다. 본 연구는 폐경 여성의 우울과 관련되어 있는 구강건강행태를 파악함에 따라 중년 여성의 건강 및 구강건강을 향상시키는 기초자료로 이용될 것을 기대한다.

• 미래기술융합논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2023

본 연구는 손상 경험(사고 및 중독)이 의료 이용 형태에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하기 위함이다. 본 연구는 KNHANES VIII-2의 원시자료활 활용하였다. 총 대상자수는 7,359명 중 결측값, 20세 이하 연령층, 부적절한 표기 대상자 1,287명을 제외한 6,072명으로 하였다. 6,072명중 1년간 손상경험 응답자 5,355명을 대상으로 적용하였다. 본 연구의 분석방법은 SPSS WIN 20.0 Version 프로그램으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 젊은 연령층이 손상에 영향을 미쳤고(p<.05), 주관적 건강상태는 좋은 집단 보다 나쁨 집단(약 2.0배, p<.05)이 손상에 유의한 영향을 미치고 있었다. 손상횟수는 손상치료기관으로 외래와 입원보다 응급실 이용이 약 4-5배 이상 이용하는 것으로 나타났다(p<.05). 손상은 활동제한 및 일상생활을 어렵게 하고, 더불어, 의료이용 형태에서도 쏠림현상이 있을 수 있기에 이를 위한 프로그램 강화와 정책마련이 이루어 져야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.773-779
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• 2015

We study a statistical analysis about the fifth wave data of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey based on linear regression models with measurement errors. The data is obtained from a national population-based complex survey. To demonstrate the availability of measurement error models, two results between the general linear regression model and measurement error model are compared based on the model selection criteria which are Akaike information criterion and Bayesian information criterion. For our study, we use the simulation extrapolation algorithm for measurement error model and the jackknife method for the estimation of standard errors.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.232-244
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• 2019

본 연구는 제 6기 국민건강영양조사(2013~2014년) 자료를 이용하여 19세 이상 성인의 가구원수별 가구원의 영양섭취 및 대사증후군 구성요소의 분포와 대사증후군 유병율을 분석하였다. 본 연구결과에서 식생활 및 영양섭취상태, 대사증후군 발생은 가구원수에 따라 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 건강관련 삶의 질을 종합적으로 제시하는 지표인 EQ-5D 지수는 1인 가구에서 0.879, 2인 가구 0.927, 3인 이상 가구에서는 0.934로 1인 가구에서 가장 낮은 삶의 질 지수를 나타냈고 2인 및 3인 이상 가구와는 유의적인 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.001). INQ 값이 1 미만인 영양소는 조섬유, 칼슘, 칼륨, 리보플라빈, 비타민 C로 권장량을 충족하지 못하는 것으로 나타났으며 가구원수별로 유의적인 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.001). 1인 가구에서 단백질, 조섬유, 칼슘, 인, 칼륨, 비타민 A, 티아민, 리보플라빈, 나이아신, 비타민 C의 INQ는 2인 및 3인 이상 가구에 비해 낮은 것으로 나타나 1인 가구의 영양섭취가 질적으로 좋지 않은 것으로 분석되었다. 식사의 전반적인 질을 나타내는 MAR은 1인 가구 0.78, 2인 가구 0.83, 3인 이상 가구 0.82로 나타나 1인 가구가 2인 가구, 3인 이상 가구와 비교할 때 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다(p<0.001). 1인 가구 대상자의 37.2%가 대사증후군을 나타내었고 2인 가구 35.1%, 3인 이상 가구에서는 25.8%로서 가구원수별로 유의적인 차이가 있었다(p<0.001). 본 연구에서는 전국 규모의 대표성을 지닌 국가조사인 국민건강영양조사 자료를 이용하여 1인 가구의 식생활 및 영양섭취상태를 분석하여 그 특성을 파악하였다. 최근 1인 가구가 크게 증가되고 가구원수가 다양화되는 시점에서 가구원수별 구성원의 영양섭취에 대한 특성을 분석하여 제시한 것은 가정의 형태와 환경 변화에 적합한 맞춤형 식생활 교육의 근거로 활용할 수 있는 의의가 있으리라 사료된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.347-361
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• 2012

Limited studies are available concerning the effect of heavy metal exposure on cardiovascular diseases. As environmental pollution increases, food contamination, including heavy metal contamination of fish, also increases. However, researches based on the intake of heavy metals, cardiovascular disease, and fish intakes are inconclusive. We assessed an association of heavy metal exposure with cardiovascular disease and fish intake in a nationally representative group of general Korean adults. We used data from the combined 2008-2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), and analyzed the data of 5,139 Koreans who participated in KNHANES. All participants were older than 20 years, and were diagnosed with stroke, ischemic heart disease, or hypertension. The mean blood cadmium, lead concentration, and mercury concentration of subjects were $1.07{\pm}0.01{\mu}g/L$, $2.49{\pm}0.02{\mu}g/dL$, and $5.19{\pm}0.08{\mu}g/L$, respectively. We used the survey logistic regression model to account for the complex sample design of the cardiovascular disease risk in order to estimate the odds ratios (OR). After adjusting for age, education, income, alcohol, smoking, and BMI, the increase of serum cadmium in blood was associated with the increase in the prevalence of hypertension. Further, the increase in blood cadmium concentration was associated with the increase of both systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Although higher fish intakes were significantly associated with higher blood mercury concentration (p for trend < 0.0001), fish intakes did not affect either blood cadmium or lead concentration. Comparing the highest fish intake group with the lowest intake group, the OR of hypertension was 0.31 (95% CI: 0.19-0.59) in the crude model for total fish. However, these associations were no longer significant after the adjustment for potential confounding factors. In conclusion, cadmium in blood was associated with an increased risk of hypertension in the general Korean adult population. However, we found no evidence of a clear relationship between cardiovascular disease and frequency of fish consumption.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제40권sup권
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• pp.9-21
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• 2007

This study aimed to assess the total sugar intake for Korean and to identify major food sources contributing to those food components. Korean adults aged over 20 years old from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2001 and 2002 were selected. The data were analyzed to obtain nationally and seasonally representative information on the health and nutritional status of the Korean. Forty food groups were used in identifying food sources of total sugar and energy intake. Total sugar contents of foods in the KNHANES data sets were estimated by food code matching technique with Release 18 of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. Sample weighted means, standard errors, and population percentages were calculated using SAS and SUDAAN. The mean total sugar intake of the Korean was 60.3g in 2001, 40.9g in spring 2002, 45.7g in summer 2002, and 52.1g in fall 2002, which were 30-44% of intake of US people. Fresh fruit was identified as the most significant food source for total sugar intake in Korean population in all age groups and all seasons. The next major food sources following fresh fruits were candy/jelly/syrup/honey, coffee/coffee caream, vegetables, Kimchi, soft drinks, milk, fruit juice, cookie/cracker/cake, and vegetable juice/grain juice, which showed similar results through the seasons. While carbonated soft drink was the most significant food sources for total sugar or added sugar intakes for US people. The total sugar intakes were significantly higher in women, higher educational level, and residing in metropolitan area. As intake of total sugar increased, intakes of protein, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, Vit A, B1, B2, C, niacin showed significantly increased, while high intakes of added sugars showed low intakes of some micronutrients in the US people. Percentages of people who consumed nutrients below EAR were less in higher total sugar intake group than in lower intake group. From these results, we can conclude that the food consumption habits including the total sugar intake of Korean people seems relatively good so far. More reliable database of total sugar and added sugar composition tables in public domain should be established in the future, and also more researches about total sugar and added sugar for Koreans should be continued.