• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.564-568
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• 2008

The prevalence of obesity in Korean children is estimated to be around 10%, and has increased significantly over the past 20 years. Metabolic syndrome, which includes central obesity, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, is a well documented risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but there is no general consensus concerning its definition for children. In this study, ablut 30-40% of overweight or obese children had metabolic syndrome compared to less than 10% in the general population. Dyslipidemia was the most common component and hyperglycemia was the least common component of metabolic syndrome. If the prevalence of childhood obesity continues to increase, it is highly likely that the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome will also increase. These findings emphasize the importance of preventing obesity in addition to the diagnosis and management of metabolic syndrome in Korean adolescents.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.629-638
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• 2007

The aim of this study was to provide fundamental data by degree of obesity which was necessary to nutritional education for the formation of right eating and dietary guideline by researching food habits of children. In order to achieve this purpose, a survey was conducted on 3, 4, 5, 6th grade of students from 4 schools in S and G city in Jeolla-Namdo. The results was as follows. There were 384(44.4%) students were normal weight, 193(22.3) were overweight, and 287(33.2) were low weight by obesity indices. Comparing the student's subjective health condition among the degree of obesity, 40.4% of overweight recognized they were healthy, 30.1% recognized ordinary, and 57.1% of lean recognized they were healthy, 34.5% recognized ordinary. It was turned out that most students who were overweight and lean recognized healthy and normal. Family was reported to be the most impact factor on student's diet habits, and then Multimedia such as TV seemed to have a effect on overweight and lean students, but nutrition teachers had a direct influence on normal weight students. The most thing which eating habits for a reform was unbalanced diet. The students in this research have breakfast everyday and regularly. Regarding dietary attitudes, overweight group enjoyed eating healthy food more than normal and low body weight group did, and tried to eat what they have never eaten before. In conclusion, it's necessary for elementary school students that increase the control ability of self perceived health condition with education for good eating habit and grasp their condition themselves through the nutrition education in school.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.192-200
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• 2013

Objectives: To measure the prevalence of behavioural risk factors for obesity among urban adolescent school children in Chennai, India. Methods: This study was performed as a cross-sectional study using a World Health Organization-designed Global School-based Student Health Survey questionnaire (modified for India) among adolescent school children studying in 30 randomly selected secondary and higher secondary schools in Chennai city. 1842 adolescents studying in the VIII to XII standards were randomly selected for the study. Results: In the present study, 40.7% of the students ate fruit one or more times per day and 74.5% of the students ate vegetables one or more times per day. Nearly 20% of the students ate fast food items on 4 to 7 days during the previous week. Among the students, 30.4% watched television for more than two hours per day. Nearly 68% of the girls and 22% of the boys did not participate in outdoor sports activities. When the pattern of physical activity of the students was assessed, it was observed that 15.6% were inactive, 43.4% were minimally active, and the remaining 41.0% belonged to the category of health enhancing physical activity. Among the students, 6.2% were overweight and 5.2% were obese. Conclusions: The prevalence of risk factors for obesity was quite high among the adolescents. This study also showed that a great proportion of overweight/obese adolescents had a correct perception of their body weight and they were making efforts to modify risk factors such as television viewing, computer use, a sedentary lifestyle, and unhealthy dietary habits.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제62권10호
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• pp.374-379
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• 2019

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms have a major impact on individuals, families, and society. Therefore identification risk factors of ADHD are a public health priority. Purpose: This is meta-analysis evaluated the association between maternal prepregnancy body mass index and the risk of ADHD among the resulting offspring. Methods: The search identified studies published through December 2018 in the PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. The odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) extracted from eligible studies were used as the common measure of association among studies. Results: A significant association was found between overweight women and the risk of ADHD among children with the pooled HR and OR estimates (HR, 1.27 and 95% CI, 1.17-1.37; OR, 1.28 and 95% CI, 1.15-1.40, respectively). This association was significant between obese women and the risk of ADHD among children and adolescents with the pooled estimates of HR and OR (HR, 1.65 and 95% CI, 1.55-1.76; OR, 1.42 and 95% CI, 1.23-1.61). Conclusion: The current epidemiological studies present sufficient evidence that prepregnancy overweight and obesity are significantly associated with an increased risk of ADHD among children and adolescents. These findings provide a new approach to preventing ADHD by controlling weight gain in the prenatal period, which should be considered by policymakers.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.249-261
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• 2019

Purpose: The neural processing of children with overweight/obesity (CWO), may affect their eating behavior. We investigated the visual information processing of CWO under response control condition, by event-related potential (ERP) study, an electrophysiologic study for cognitive mechanism. Methods: Seventeen CWO (mean age: $10.6{\pm}1.9$), and 17 age-matched non-obese children (NOC), participated in the study. Neurocognitive function tests and visual ERP under Go/NoGo conditions, were implemented. Area amplitudes of major ERP components (P1, N1, P2, N2, and P3) from four scalp locations (frontal, central, parietal, and occipital), were analyzed. Results: For Go and NoGo conditions, CWO had significantly greater occipital P1, frontocentral N1, and P2 amplitudes compared with NOC. P2 amplitude was significantly greater in CWO, than in NOC, at the frontal location. N2 amplitude was not significantly different, between CWO and NOC. For CWO and NOC, Go P3 amplitude was highest at the parietal location, and NoGo P3 amplitude was highest at the frontal location. In Go and NoGo conditions, P3 amplitude of CWO was significantly less than in NOC. Conclusion: The greater P1, N1, and P2 suggested hyper-vigilance to visual stimuli of CWO, but the smaller P3 suggested insufficient mental representation of them. Such altered visual processing, may affect the eating behavior of CWO.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.189-203
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• 2020

Objectives: This study was performed to identify the current barriers of obesity management for children using Community Child Care Centers and their caregivers (parents and teachers working in the Centers). Further, this study explored the possibility of utilizing a mobile phone application for tailored obesity prevention and management programs to overcome the current difficulties associated with children's obesity management. Methods: The qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with 20 obese and overweight children or children who wanted to participate in this study using Community Child Care Centers, 12 teachers working at the Centers, and a focus group interview with five parents of children using the Centers. Data were analyzed with a thematic approach categorizing themes and sub-themes based on the transcripts. Results: The current barriers of obesity management of obese and overweight children using Community Child Care Centers were lack of self-directed motivation regarding obesity management (chronic obesity-induced lifestyles and reduced self-confidence due to stigma) and lack of support from households and Community Child Care Centers (latchkey child, inconsistency in dietary guidance between the Center and household, repetitive pressure to eat, and absence of regular nutrition education). Mobile phone applications may have potential to overcome the current barriers by providing handy and interesting obesity management based on visual media (real-time tracking of lifestyles using behavior records and social support using gamification), environmental support (supplementation of parental care and network-based education between the Community Child Care Center and household), and individualized intervention (encouragement of tailored and gradual changes in eating habits and tailored goal setting). It is predicted that the real-time mobile phone program will provide information for improving nutritional knowledge and behavioral skills as well as lead to sustainable children's coping strategies regarding obesity management. In addition, it is expected that environmental factors may be improved by network-based education between the Community Child Care Centers and households using the characteristics of mobile phones, which are free from space and time constraints. Conclusions: The tailored education program for children using Community Child Care Centers based on mobile phones may prevent and reduce childhood obesity by overcoming the current barriers of obesity management for children, providing environmental and individualized support to promote healthy lifestyles and quality of life in the future.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권9호
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• pp.950-955
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• 2008

목 적 : 새로 제정되어 발표된 '2007 소아청소년 성장도표'의 비만기준에 따라 우리나라 소아청소년의 과체중 및 비만 유병 현황과 추세를 분석하였다. 방 법 : '2005년도 소아청소년 신체발육 및 혈압표준치 제정사업'과 '1997년 소아청소년 발육표준치 측정조사' 자료를 이용하여 '2007년 한국 소아청소년 성장도표'의 연령별 체질량지수 95백분위수 이상이거나 성인의 비만 기준인 체질량지수 $25kg/m^2$ 이상인 경우는 백분위수와 무관하게 비만으로 정의하였다. 과체중은 연령별 체질량지수가 85백분위수 이상에서 95백분위수 미만인 경우로 정의하였다. 결 과 : 소아청소년(2-18세)의 비만 유병률은 전체 9.7%, 남아 11.3%, 여아 8.0%로 남아의 유병률이 더 높았다. 1997년에 비해 전체 1.7배(1997년 5.8%에서 9.7%) 증가하였으며 이러한 경향은 여아(1.5배, 1997년 5.5%에서 2005년 8.0%)보다 남아(1.9배, 1997년 6.1%에서 2005년 11.3%)에서 뚜렷하였다. 과체중 및 비만 유병률은 전체 19.0%, 남아 19.7%, 여아 18.2%였으며, 1997년과 비교 시 전체 1.5배(1997년 13.0%에서 2005년 19.0%), 남아 1.6배(1997년 12.4%에서 2005년 19.7%), 여아 1.3배(1997년 13.8%에서 2005년 18.2%) 증가하였다. 결 론 : 소아청소년의 과체중 및 비만은 지속적으로 증가하는 추세이며 특히 남아는 중.고등학교, 여아는 초.중학교 재학연령에서 뚜렷하였다. 이 시기의 소아청소년의 과체중 및 비만 유병 증가와 관련된 요인에 관한 후속연구가 수행되고, 이 결과에 근거하여 비만 예방 및 관리를 위한 방안을 마련하는 것이 필요하다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.194-205
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• 2019

본 연구는 취학전아동 대상 영양지수 (Nutrition Quotient for Preschoolers, NQ-P)를 이용하여 대전 지역에 거주하는 411명의 취학 전 아동을 대상으로 식행동을 평가하였다. 연구 대상자의 평균 NQ-P 점수는 $58.5{\pm}9.2$점으로, 전국 단위 조사 결과와 비교하였을 때 '중하' 등급에 해당한다. NQ-P 세 영역의 점수는 균형 영역은 $60.5{\pm}12.6$점, 절제 영역은 $50.2{\pm}15.7$점, 환경 영역은 $65.0{\pm}17.3$점으로, 각각 '중하', '중상', '중하' 등급에 해당한다. 성별에 따라 식행동을 평가하였을 때, 평균 NQ-P 점수는 남아는 $58.5{\pm}9.4$점, 여아는 $58.6{\pm}9.0$점으로 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 성별에 따른 세 영역의 점수도 모두 차이가 없었다. 연령 그룹에 따라 식행동을 비교한 결과, 평균 NQ-P 점수는 만 3~4세 아동에서 $57.8{\pm}9.4$점, 만 5~6세 아동에서 $59.2{\pm}9.0$점으로 차이가 없었다. 균형과 절제 영역은 연령그룹에 따라 점수 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 환경 영역은 만 5~6세 아동이 만 3~4세 아동보다 높은 점수를 얻었다 (67.9 vs. 61.7점). 비만도에 따라 NQ-P 점수와 균형, 환경 영역의 점수는 차이가 없었으나, 절제 영역의 점수는 과체중/비만인 아동에서 낮게 나타났다 (46.6 vs. 51.0점). 만 3~4세 아동과 비교했을 때, 만 5~6세 아동이 채소 반찬, 가공 육류의 섭취가 많은 편이었고, 식사 중 돌아다니지 않고 식탁 (밥상)에 앉아서 먹는 경향이 높았다. 과체중/비만인 아동은 가공 음료의 섭취 빈도가 높은 결과를 보였다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 대전에 거주하는 미취학 어린이의 식행동 개선이 필요한 것으로 나타났으며, 이를 위해 효과적인 영양 교육이나 상담 등이 제공되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.178-183
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• 2008

The assessment of children's nutritional intakes is important because any nutritional inadequacies or toxicities may have adverse consequences. Studies on the nutritional intakes of Korean children are limited. The aims of this study were to determine anthropometric indices, estimate selectee nutrient intakes of young Korean children, and compare these intakes with current Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans. This study included 136 healthy children(65 boys, 71 girls), 2-6 y old, living in Kwangju, Korea. Weights and heights were measured. Three consecutive 24-h food recalls were obtained. According to International Obesity Taskforce BMI cutoffs, 8% were overweight and 2% were obese. The energy intakes of 40% were < Korean Estimated Energy Requirements, while all subjects consumed $\geq$ Korean Estimated Average Requirement(EAR) for protein. The majority of the children consumed > Korean EAR for iron, zinc, vitamin $B_1$, vitamin $B_2$, vitamin $B_6$, and niacin. Vitamin E intakes of 65% of the Korean children were < Korean Adequate Intake, and approximately half of the subjects had < Korean EAR for calcium and for folate. Many young children in Kwangju, Korea, likely have inadequate status of calcium, folate, and vitamin E.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to observe the effect of nutrition education program that promote vegetable eating behavior of elementary school children. Three hundred education thirty two children were surveyed to understand food preference of them. The preferences for vegetables showed the lowest scores and fruits were the favorites of children, who aged ten to eleven, volunteered the program for six weeks. 31.3% of them were not in the state of underweight, overweight or obese. The nutrition education program include teaching guidances and materials in order to children to familiar with vegetables especially. To evaluate the effect of the nutrition education program, change of food preferences, nutrition knowledge and eating behavior of children were investigated before and after nutrition education. When the children finish the program, their preference scores for vegetables showed significantly higher than before the program(p<0.05, p<0.001), except tomato and laver that have high scores from the beginning(>1.5). Nutrition knowledge scores have significantly improved from 57.1 to 66.4(p<0.05). Eating habit for special food has improved(p<0.001) and breakfast skipping has reduced significantly(p<0.05). These results indicate that the nutrition education program can promote children to do balanced eating behaviors.