Korean Journal of Community Nutrition

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A Study on Dietary Behavior and Health Condition of Employees at Department Stores: Hye Kyung Kim, Jin Hee Kim, Young Sook Park; Korean J Community Nutr 2008;13(3):374-385. Published online June 30, 2008

Abstract PDF: A study has been performed to provide the basic information about the current dietary habits, health related behaviors, and body indices and to bring forward the importance of this information to the people's attention based upon the relation between employee's life patterns and health conditions in their daily lives. Three hundred and five department store workers were examined from August 2006 to September 2006. With the average BMI values 23.9 +/- 2.2 for males and 20.0 +/- 1.9 for females, both gender groups were in normal, but 62.2% of the males were overweight and 15.4% of the females were under-weight. Regarding dietary and health related factors on how they perceive themselves, as normal were 204 (66.9%) the most and bad and very bad were respectively 43 (14.1%) and 5 (1.6%). Half of the subjects (43.2%) perceived sleeping hours to be insufficient, and 64.4% of them need to exercise regularly. As problems related to eating habits, they reported irregular meal times, overeating, preference of hot and spicy food, skipping meal, unbalanced meals. Regarding weight control they have attempted were the most (73.0%), after weight reduction, 51.2% of the subjects had side effects, such as gastrointestinal troubles, anemia, dizziness, sense of fatigue, constipation, physiological disorder, and diarrhea, etc. In the food habit score, it was shown that overall average score of the subjects was 62.63 +/- 9.86 which is lower than other studies. Female (62.76 +/- 10.15) had better score than male (61.67 +/- 8.06). While the item with the highest point was eat all three meals of the day, that was the lowest point, exercise every day. The food habit score of the younger group had lower than older group, and also they preferred sweet foods to other group. The results suggest that nutrition education for workers at specific working fields needs to be more focused on the improvement of dietary habits and health status of workers.

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A Descriptive Study of Gall Stone Patient's Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status: Eunjung Kim, Youngmee Lee; Korean J Community Nutr 2007;12(6):826-837. Published online December 31, 2007

Abstract PDF: Gallstone composition has changed over the past decades in the Korean with a prominent increase in the prevalence of cholesterol gallstone. This trend is possibly due to the westernization of dietary habits. The purpose of this study was descriptive of GB patient's health related eating behaviors and nutrient consumption patterns. One hundred and six gallstone patients who have had cholecystitis surgery enrolled in this study. Anthropomertic indices, such as height, weight, waist circumference, and hip circumference were measured and calculated BMI and WHR. As the biomarker, TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C, FBG level and SBP/DBP were measured and analyzed the relationship with GB stone formation. The structured checklist of health related eating behavior and the semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire after pre-test was used in the face to face interview study. The mean age was 54.9 +/- 13.3 and gallstone disease was more frequent in the fifties and sixties. Mean BMI was 24.3 +/- 2.8 in males, and 23.4 +/- 3.9 in females, the average of waist circumference was 91.1 +/- 7.0 cm in males and females were 85.4 +/- 9.6 cm. The WHR of men and women was 0.93 +/- 0.0, 0.90 +/- 0.1, respectively. The obesity and overweight trend was observed in gallstone patients. The mean blood sugar was researched at 114.5 +/- 35.0 mg/ dL. And the ratio of both symptoms DM and gallstone was 26.4%. The rate of dramatic eating repast was significantly higher in the females (p < 0.01). Males tended to more frequently consume meat, of high fat content meats and greasy food consumption when eating out. The CPF ratio was 57 : 16.5 : 26.5. There was a significant positive correlation between WC and energy (r = 0.252, p < 0.05), carbohydrate (r = 0.255, p < 0.05) and niacin (r = 0.227, p < 0.05). In addition, carbohydrate were significantly correlatied with TC (r = 0.230, p < 0.05). BMI appeared positive in correlation of protein (r = 0.201, p < 0.05) and fat (r = 0.205, p < 0.05). These findings provide a little association that dietary habits are related with cholesterol gallstone formation.

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A Study on Health Related and Eating Related Behaviors by Self-Recognized Health Status: Hai Sook Lee, Jung Ae Yee, Ahn Soo Yeon, Keum Jee Kang; Korean J Community Nutr 2001;6(3):340-353. Published online August 31, 2001

Abstract PDF: The aim of this study was to investigate health-related and eating-related behaviors as part of self-recognized health status. The survey was conducted among 304 elderly people in Chunchon city in 1999. Fifty two percent(52%) of the respondents recognized they were healthy, 32% felt so-so and 16% thought themselves unhealthy. When they felt healthy, they engaged in more social work and regular exercise, had better appetites, lower conflict scores with their children, lower depression, higher satisfaction in life, better physical condition(eye, ear, tooth, mentality and walking), and higher ability of ADL(activities of daily living) and IAD(instrumental activities of daily living). Also, the self-recognized group consumed each food groups (meats, green, yellow and white vegetables, fruits, milks, seaweeds, beans) more often and showed a higher preference of food. The results of this study indicate that self-recognized health status affects every pattern of life among the elderly. As a result, comprehensive education(such as nutrition, health, physical and psychological education) should be offered to the elderly.

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