• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2002

Objective : To estimate the socioeconomic costs of obesity in Korea,1998. Methods : The 1998 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(1998 NHNES) data was used and 10,880 persons who had taken health examinations were selected for study. Essential hypertension, NIDDM(non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis, coronary heart disease, stroke were included as obesity related disease. The data of direct costs of obesity was obtained from the National Federation of Medical Insurance. The category of indirect costs was the loss of productivity caused by premature death and admission, time costs, traffic costs, nursing fees due to obesity. Multiple logistic regression model was developed to estimate prevalence odds ratio by obesity class adjusted demographic and socio-ecnomic factors and calculate PAF(Population Attributable Fraction) of obesity on obesity related disease. And we finally calculated the socioeconomic costs of obesity in relation to BMI with PAF. Results : The direct costs of obesity were 2,126 billion${\sim}965$ billion Won in considering out of pocket payment to uninsured services, and the indirect costs of obesity were 2,099 billion${\sim}1,086$ billion Won. Consequently, in considering out of pocket payment to uninsured services, the socioeconomic costs of obesity were 4.225 billion${\sim}2,050$ billion Won, which corresponded to about $0.094%{\sim}0.046%$ of GDP and $1.88%{\sim}0.91$ of total health care costs in Korea. Conclusions : Obesity represents a major health problem with significant economic implications for the society. This results are conservative estimates as far as all obesity related disease and all health care and indirect costs were not included due to missing information. further studies are needed to caculate socioeconomic costs of obesity more exactly.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2010

이 연구는 고혈압, 당뇨병, 이상지질혈증으로 지출된 진료비 중 과체중 및 비만의 기여분을 추계하기 위한 질병비용연구로서 국민건강보험공단의 건강검진 및 건강보험급여 자료를 활용한 연구이다. 연구결과 2005년 현재 고혈압, 당뇨병, 이상지질혈증 때문에 지출된 총 진료비 중 과체중 및 비만의 기여분은 각각 4,561억원(4,328억원-4,805억원), 2,823억원(2,487억원-3,176억원), 165억원(147억원-183억원)이었고, 이를 모두 합하면 7,549억원(6,961억원-8,164억원)이었다. 이는 해당 연도의 고혈압 총 진료비의 34.6%(32.9%-36.5%), 당뇨병 총 진료비의 32.5%(28.6%-36.6%), 이상지질혈증 총 진료비의 19.4%(17.3%-21.6%)를 차지한다. 또한 이 세 가지 질병의 총 진료비를 기준으로 했을 때 과체중 및 비만이 기여한 금액은 33.3%(30.7%-36.0%)에 해당하였다. 이는 과체중과 비만을 예방한다면 고혈압, 당뇨병, 이상지질혈증으로 지출되는 총 진료비의 33.3%를 감소시킬 수 있다는 의미이며, 향후 만성질환 예방과 관련하여 과체중 및 비만의 예방관리사업이 얼마나 중요한가를 시사해 주는 것이다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.192-200
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• 2022

혈액 중금속과 비만 사이의 연관성은 많은 연구에서 조사되었다. 그러나 일관되지 않은 연구 결과가 여전히 존재한다. 이 연구는 2005년과 2008년부터 2017년까지 11년간 119,181명의 참가자를 대상으로 한 국민건강영양조사의 데이터를 사용하여 수행되었다. 혈액 중금속 검사, 건강면접 자료, 건강검진 자료가 누락된 피험자는 연구에서 제외하였다. 연구 모집단에 포함될 자격이 있는 1,844명(남성 972명, 여성 872명)으로 구성되었다. 비만과 복부 비만은 혈중 수은 증가(P<0.001) 및 알라닌 아미노전이효소(ALT) 증가(P<0.001) 모두와 관련이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 교란요인들을 보정한 결과, 높은 ALT 수치와 가장 높은 삼분위수의 수은 수치에 동시에 해당되는 사람은 비만(오즈비 4.46, 95%, 신뢰구간 2.23~8.90, P<0.001) 및 복부 비만(오즈비 5.36, 95%, 신뢰구간 2.57~11.17, P<0.001)의 위험이 증가되는 것으로 나타났다. 수은과 ALT의 상호 관계는 체질량지수(P for interaction=0.009)와 허리둘레(P for interaction=0.012)에 대해 각각 유의하게 관찰되었는데, 이는 이 상호 관계가 비만과 복부 비만에 기여할 수 있음을 암시한다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2011

This study investigated potential causes of obesity by examining diet and lifestyle factors. The data from the 2008 Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey were statistically analyzed to determine the relative importance of causes of obesity. Because the factors affecting obesity for males and females were significantly different, binary choice logistic models of the male and female subjects were built and estimated separately. Our results show that stress, the irregularity of eating breakfast, and frequency of eating out had the three greatest impacts on male obesity, respectively, and stress, employment status, and age had the greatest impacts on female obesity, in that order.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.151-160
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to review the thread embedding treatment studies of obesity in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Methods : We reviewed 59 studies on cat-gut-embedding treatment of obesity which were published from 2005 to 2012. The studies were searched using the data base-CAJ(China Academic Journals; 中國期刊全文數據庫)(2005~2012). Results : Selected 59 studies were divided into 27 case series and 32 control studies. The number of studies has increased since 2005, more rapidly in 2011~2012. Most case series reported were about effectiveness of thread embedding monotherapy treating obesity. Control studies reported were about effectiveness of thread embedding treatment compared with acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and medicine. Most studies on thread embedding treatment of obesity showed that its effectiveness was very good. Conclusions : There have been many reports of thread embedding treatment studies of obesity in Traditional Chinese Medicine. We believed that these studies could be applied to the clinical practice and basic research in Korea.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2023

Objectives The purpose of this study was to review the studies of catgut embedding related to obesity treatment. Methods We searched the papers with key words of obesity and catgut embedding via searching Research Information Sharing Service, DBpia, Koreanstudies Information Service System, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, Scopus, PubMed. Additional data including study design, study topics, characteristics of participants and treatment, outcomes was extracted from full text of each study. Results There were nine studies about the catgut embedding related to obesity treatment. Five articles were conducted in China, two articles were conducted in Mexico, and two articles was published in Korea. Analysis of seven experimental studies and two observational studies were conducted to describe each research subject, method, and research results. Conclusions More interest and further research will be needed on catgut embedding related to obesity treatment in the Korean medicine to achieve clinical application and to develop treatment protocols for the obesity disease.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.162-177
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of obesity and dietary self-efficacy scale and to identify factors that affect obesity in upper-grade elementary school students. Methods: A total of 458 fifth to sixth grade elementary school students in Seoul and Chuncheon city, and rural areas of Gangwon Province, were included in this study. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, ${\chi}^2$-test, t-test, ANOVA, and logistic regression. Results: The results revealed significant differences in the obesity region, perceived body image, experience of weight loss, family member of mother's age, mother's job and father's job between 'not obesity group' and 'obesity group'. The logistic regression analysis revealed that obesity was related with gender, region, and perceived body image. Conclusion: Gender, region, and perceived body image showed a relationship with obesity in upper-grade elementary school students. Thus, to develop obesity management program for upper grade elementary school students, we should be considered the gender, region, and perceived body image should be considered.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate body composition, blood pressure, blood lipids, and glucose according to obesity degree by body fat percentage in female university students. Methods: A total of 231 subjects were participated between July and December 2010. The anthropometric measures and blood analyzer were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient with SPSS 18.0. Results: Percentage of body fat (PBF)-defined obesity had higher prevalence than body mass index (BMI)-defined obesity. Weight, BMI, PBF, fat mass, Waist to hip ratio (WHR), Systolic blood pressure (SBP), Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in obesity group were higher than normal group and Soft lean mass and Low density lipoprotein (LDL) in obesity group were lower than normal group. There were significant correlations between PFB, SBP, DBP, Triglyceride (TC), High density lipoprotein (HDL), and LDL. Conclusion: In conclusion, when screening for obesity in female university students, body fat should be considered. It is needed to develop obesity management program according to obesity degree and to identify the effectiveness.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.317-330
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• 2018

We develop a mathematical model for the obesity dynamics to investigate the long term obesity trend with the consideration of psychological and social factors due to the increasing prevalence of obesity around the world. Many mathematical models for obesity dynamics adopted the modeling idea of infectious disease and treated overweight and obese people infectious and spreading obesity to normal weight. However, this modeling idea is not proper in obesity modeling because obesity is not an infectious disease. In fact, weight gain and loss are related to social interactions among different weight groups not only in the direction from overweight/obese to normal weight but also the other way around. Thus, we consider these aspects in our model and implement personal weight gain feature, a psychological factor such as body image dissatisfaction, and social interactions such as positive support on weight loss and negative criticism on weight status from various weight groups. We show that the equilibrium point with no normal weight population will be unstable and that an equilibrium point with positive normal weight population should have all other components positive. We conduct computer simulations on Korean demography data with our model and demonstrate the long term obesity trend of Korean male as an example of the use of our model.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was carried outto compare dietary self-efficacy, obesity stress, and obesity-related quality of life (OQOL) according to BMI and stages of change in vegetable consumption. Methods: A convenience sample of 326 nursing students agreed to complete a questionnaire. Data were collected from October 7 to October 18, 2013. Results: Obesity stress and obesity-related quality of life were significantly different according to BMI. Dietary self-efficacy showed a significant difference between the pre-contemplation/contemplation stage, preparation stage, and action/maintenance stage (F=50.18, p<.001). With obesity stress, there was a significant difference between the PC/C, P, and A/M stages (F=17.63, p<.001). Dietary self-efficacy had a positive correlation with OQOL (r=.11, p<.001) and a negative correlation with obesity stress (r=-.14, p=.012). And obesity stress had a negative correlation with OQOL (r=-.45, p<.001). Conclusion: These findings emphasize that nutritional-intervention programs for changes in behavior during the PC/C and P stages of change in vegetable consumption need to develop strategies to enhance dietary self-efficacy for nursing students.