• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.104-113
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze high-sugar food consumption habits frequency among elementary school students, and their correlations with eating habits and sweet taste assessment. Methods: The participants of the study were 164 elementary school students in Daegu, in the fifth or sixth grade, along with their parents. A questionnaire investigated eating habits, high-sugar food consumption habits and frequency, and sweet taste assessment. Results: The average eating habits score for elementary school students was determined to be 71.7 out of 100. Students with higher eating habits scores had lower high-sugar food consumption habits and frequency compared to those with lower eating habits scores. Sweet taste assessment revealed that students who preferred less sweetness chose a 5% sugar concentration, those with a preference for normal sweetness chose a 10% sugar concentration, and those who preferred sweeter tastes chose a 20% sugar concentration. Sweet taste assessment showed that students who tended to prefer less sweetness had the highest eating habits scores and the lowest scores for high-sugar food consumption habits and frequency. In addition, eating habits scores were found to be negatively correlated with high-sugar food consumption habits, high-sugar food consumption frequency, and sweet taste assessment. The sweet taste assessment was positively correlated with high-sugar food consumption habits and frequency. Conclusions: Our results indicate that students with good eating habits had more desirable overall sugar intake habits, and when the preference for sweetness was high, the frequency of high-sugar food consumption was also high. Our study highlights the importance of educating elementary school students and their parents about the harmful effects of excessive sugar consumption, as well as the benefits of adopting healthy eating habits and creating supportive environments.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2016

Increasing sugar intake of population has become a nutritional issue in Korea. Sweet taste perception may be related to behaviors such as eating sweet food including high sugars and total sugar intake. This study aimed to evaluate objective and subjective sweet taste perception and the association among objective sweet taste perception, dietary behaviors related to eating sweet snack food including high sugar, and total sugar intake from the snacks. Participants were 261 healthy female college students (mean age: $21.0{\pm}1.6years$), who were divided into three subgroups based on oral sweet taste evaluation using a sweet taste assessment tool provided by Ministry of Food and Drug Safety: sweet-seeker group (n=139), medium sweet-seeker group (n=54), and unsweet-seeker group (n=68). There was no significant difference in weight and body mass index (BMI) among the three groups; however, the sweet-seeker group had significantly higher sweet taste preference than that of the other groups. Though more people in the sweet-seeker group thought they tended to eat sweet foods than the medium sweet-seeker and unsweet-seeker groups, over half of the sweet-seekers did not think they tended to eat sweet foods. The sweet-seeker group was more likely to eat sweet snacks such as breads, chocolate products, sugar-sweetened milk, and so on than the unsweet-seeker group. Total sugar intake from the selected sweet snacks was 44.4 g for the sweet-seeker group, 34.4 g for the medium sweet-seeker group, and 28.0 g for the unsweet-seeker group with a significant difference. These results indicated the absence of relationship between objective sweet taste perception and the obesity index; however, significant associations were detected among objective sweet taste perception, eating sweet snacks and total sugar intake from the snacks. We also found high disagreement between objective and subjective sweet taste perception of the subjects. The present study provided the novel insight that measuring objective sweet taste perception may be useful for assessing the risk of high sugar consumption and undesirable dietary behaviors.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.995-1008
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• 1997

This study was performed to investigate the change in taste perception during aging and its effects on dietary intake in Korean elderly. The subjects were female aged 65 through 90 in the Anyang area, and college women were included as a comparison group . Dietary intake of the elderly(n=155) and young subjects (n=38) was measured by a 3 day diet record. The taste threshold and 'just right' concentrations(JRC) for sweet and salty tastes were assessed by sensory evaluation . Sucrose solution (0.0.,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0, 1.2%) and salt solution(0, 0.02, 0.03,0.06,0.09,0.12,0.15%) were used to establish thresholds. for JRC assessment, four suprathreshold sucrose concentrations of 5, 8, 11 and 14% in orange-pineapple flavored juice and salt concentrations of 0.20, 0.34, 0.50and 0.75% in beef stock were prepared. Mean intakes of energy, protein , vitamin A, thiamin , riboflavin, niacin ,calcium and iron of the elderly were below the Korean Recommended Dietary allowances. The elderly showed higher taste thresholds than young subjects of both sweet and salty tastes consumed less calories. Needs to bespecified. The older subjects having high threshold or JRCs for sweet and salty tastes consumed fewer calories from protein and fat. Pearson correlation coefficients was between JRC for sweet and salty tastes 0.54(p<0.01). The correlation coefficients between tastes threshold and nutrient intakes were very low for both age groups. Unlike the college women, in the elderly the JRC of sweet taste of the orange-pineapple juice were negatively correlated with intakes of energy, protein, fats, thiamin , riboflavin , niacin ,vitamin C , iron and consumption of meat and egg food groups (p<0.01). In summation age-related alterations in sweet and salty taste perception were observed in the elderly and dietary intakes of the elderly see to be influenced by these taste perception changes.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.683-694
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• 2004

The objective of this study is to improve the health related quality of life through the efficient weight reduction by analyzing the ecological factors related to completion of weight reduction program in the obese premenopausal women aged 20-29 years. The factors influencing completion of obesity management programs in the obese women were the preferences of sweet and salt taste, health related quality of life (general health, role emotional), eating attitude scores, and regularity of mealtime scores. The finding that the completion of obese management programme were improved if the health-related quality of life was high and the physiological status related symptoms of stress, depress, and eating disorder were good has implications for the treatment of obesity. The questionnaire used this study can be available to develop the obesity assessment sheets which is required the exploration of the characteristics of obese women and the tailored multi-disciplinary obesity management program. Moreover, the obesity assessment sheets will make a contribution to determine types of the programs that is suitable for obesity women before starting an obesity management program.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.107-118
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• 1998

A nutrition education program for teachers and caregivers of the preschool children can be most effective when it is based on a comprehensive needs assessment dealing with sociodemographic factors, dietary habits, and nutrition. The purpose of the present study was to investigate current dietary habits and nutrition knowledge of the teachers and caregivers of the day-care centers. Two hundred forty two teachers and caregivers were administered a questionnaire which was designed to ascertain informations on sociodemographic data, dietary habits and nutrition knowledge. Dietary habits of the teachers were found to be significantly different by sociodemographic variables; breakfast skipping/meal irregularities (age, p=0.011); frequency of snacking (education level p=0.031); preference for salty taste(age, p = 0.000, marital status p=0.038); preference for sweet tarte (age p=0.009); preference for vegetables (income level p=0.050); frequency of eating out (age p=0.028, marital status p=0.001); frequency of coffee drinking (age p=0.019). Daycare center teachers' nutrition knowledge level was found to be less than adequate expecially on nutrients that are liable to be deficient in young growing children and their food sources. Proportions of the teachers who answered correctly to the questions on foods rich in vitamin A, iron content of milk, bioavailability of calcium in plant foods were as low as 20.2%-54.5%. The most frequently used sources of nutrition information were mass media such as TV, radio, newspaper and magazines. Only 2.9% of the subjects reported that they obtain nutrition information from health professionals such as nutritionists/dietitians, physicians, and nurses. These findings are applicable at the planning and implementation stages of various nutrition programs for the improvement of dietary habits and nutrition knowledge of the teachers and caregivers of the daycare centers. Further studies are needed to investigate the effects of teachers' dietary of habits and nutrition knowledge on food habits of young growing children.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate the compliance and need for diet therapy among diabetics and their caregivers. A total of 625 respondents participated in this survey. Appropriate management for long-term blood glucose control and difficult-to-manage cases appeared to be diet therapy, physical activity, medical treatment and folk remedies, in that order. The most important educational avenues for diet therapy were books, magazines and TV, Most respondents were educated in diet therapy within a year after diagnosis and had practiced diet therapy for over four years. The most common diet therapy Practices were food selection and Quantity control. Of the specific problems in practicing diet therapy, time and labor, taste, and meal planning appeared to be equally difficult factors. The prevailing diet therapy skills were controlling food amounts at breakfast and supper, and selecting food for lunch and refreshments. Respondents practicing both skills were about 20% of the participants; this shows the need to improve the current situation. The nutrients most frequently considered in diet therapy practice were simple sugars (sugar and sweet goods) , total fats and cholesterol. Since the perception of the role of dietary fiber among respondents was very low, nutrition education about the importance of dietary fiber and food sources of dietary fiber was needed. Diabetics seemed to be concerned about diabetic menus. Three difficult problems in planning diabetic menus were daily menu planning, patient's preferences, and the calculation of calories. As a means of nutrition counseling, they preferred interviews. The higher the educational status and the lower the age, the higher the preference was for internet or PC counseling. Therefore, it is necessary to develop nutrition educational programs so that diabetics can obtain practical knowledge of diet therapy. Furthermore, it is also necessary to develop additional means of informing diabetics about menu planning, while still considering Korean dietary behavior.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.891-908
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• 2009

본 연구는 자신의 외모나 체형에 많은 관심을 갖게 되는 여대생들을 대상으로 체질량지수에 따른 식생활, 식습관, 생활양식, 식생활의 질, 식품 기호도, 체중에 대한 만족도와 신체상, 이상 식이 행동의 정도 및 영양소 섭취량을 종합적으로 파악하여, 성인기 초기 여성의 바람직한 식습관과 생활습관 및 영양 관리를 통해 정상 체중과 건강 유지에 기여하고자 시도되었다. 1. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 신장은 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 체중(p<0.001), 체질량지수(p<0.001), 체지방 비율(p<0.001), 체지방 함량(p<0.001), 제지방 함량(p<0.001) 및 체수분량(p<0.001)은 비만도에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었다. 2. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 운동 시간은 유의한 차이를 보여(p<0.01), 저체중군과 정상 체중군은 운동을 하지 않는 경우가 가장 많았고 과체중군은 30분~1시간 운동하는 경우가 가장 많았다. 그러나, 여대생의 평균 연령, 경제 상태, 흡연율, 음주 빈도, 운동 빈도, 건강, 우울, 스트레스는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 3. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 하루 식사 회수, 결식 끼니, 과식 끼니 및 간식 횟수는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았고, 수면 시간, 월경의 규칙성 및 건강 상태도 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 4. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 간이 식생활 진단 점수는 유의한 차이를 보여, 정상 체중군과 과체중군이 저체중군에 비해 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 5. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 단맛과 짠맛은 유의한 차이를 보여, 단맛(p<0.05)과 짠맛(p<0.01)에 대한 기호도는 저체중군이 과체중보다 유의하게 높았다. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 육류, 콩류 및 간식류에 대한 기호도는 유의한 차이를 보여, 육류에 대한 기호도는 저체중군이 정상 체중군과 과체중군에 비해 유의하게 높았고(p<0.05), 콩류에 대한 기호도는 정상 체중군과 과체중군이 저체중군에 비해 유의하게 높았으며(p<0.05), 간식류에 대한 기호도는 저체중군과 정상 체중군이 과체중군에 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 6. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 체중에 대한 만족도와 자신의 체형에 대한 인식은 유의한 차이를 보였다(각각 p<0.0001). 원하는 체중(p<0.0001)과 체중 조절의 경험(p<0.0001)도 비만도에 따라 유의한 차이를 보였다. 7. 여대생의 섭식 장애 발생율은 11.3%이었다. 비만도에 따라 EAT-26의 평균 점수는 유의한 차이가 있어(p<0.001), 과체중군이 저체중군과 정상 체중군에 비해 유의하게 높았다. 8. 비만도에 따라 여대생의 영양소 섭취량은 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 9. 체질량 지수와 유의한 양의 상관관계를 나타낸 신체 계측치는 체중, 체지방 비율, 체지방 함량, 제지방 함량 및 체수분량이었다. 체질량지수와 유의한 상관관계를 보인 변수는 용돈(p<0.01), 간식 빈도(p<0.001), 운동 지속 시간(p<0.001), 간이 식생활 진단 점수(p<0.05), 단맛(p<0.01), 짠맛(p<0.01), 간식(p<0.001) 및 인스턴트 음식(p<0.05)에 대한 기호도, 체중에 대한 만족도(p<0.001), 자신의 체형에 대한 인식(p<0.001), 체중 조절 경험(p<0.001), 탄수화물 섭취(p<0.05), 섭식 장애 점수(p<0.001) 및 요인 I(정체성 요인) 점수(p<0.001)이었다. 결론적으로, 비만도에 따라 체중, 체질량지수, 체지방 비율, 체지방 함량, 제지방 함량 및 체수분량은 유의한 차이가 있었다. 과체중군이 운동 시간이 많았고, 저체중군의 식생활의 질이 낮으며 짠맛, 단맛, 육류 및 간식에 대한 기호도가 높았다. 비만도가 높아질수록 체중에 대한 만족도가 낮았고 체형을 제대로 인식하였고 체중 조절 경험이 많았으며 섭식장애 점수가 높았다. 따라서 실제 과체중인 여대생은 자신의 체중에 대한 만족도가 낮아 이상 식이 태도를 보이는 것으로 나타났으므로 섭식문제를 해결하기 위한 다양한 프로그램의 개발과 함께 올바른 식습관과 운동 및 행동 수정 요법으로 체중을 조절하고 유지할 수 있도록 하여 섭식 문제와 체중 조절의 역작용을 예방하도록 하는 것이 필요하다고 생각된다. 저체중이거나 정상 체중임에도 체형에 대한 만족도가 낮아 올바른 신체상 정립의 문제로 체중을 감량하려는 여대생에게는 저체중의 문제점과 올바른 신체상 정립, 정상 체중에 대한 적극적인 교육을 통해 자신의 신체상과 적정 체중에 대한 올바른 인식을 가지고 불필요하게 체중을 감소시켜 건강을 해치는 일이 없도록 해야 할 것이다. 또한 섭취량이 낮은 영양소 특히 칼슘과 엽산 섭취를 증가시키는 방안에 대한 영양교육은 모든 여대생에게 필요하며, 정상 체중과 건강 유지를 위한 바람직한 식생활을 정립할 수 있도록 영양교육을 해야 할 것이다. 그러므로, 본 연구는 여대생의 잘못된 체형 인식, 식습관, 기호도, 생활습관 및 섭식 장애로 인한 건강문제를 올바로 인지하여 여대생에게 올바른 체중 조절 태도, 건강 관련 식습관 및 생활 습관을 사전 교육하게 하고 섭식 장애 문제를 예방하는 프로그램 개발의 기초 자료를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.