Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life (동아시아식생활학회지)

The East Asian Society of Dietary Life (동아시아식생활학회)
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A Study on the Dietary Habit and Nutritional State to Obesity Index of Adults Living in Daejeon

대전 지역 일부 성인 남녀의 비만도에 따른 식습관 및 영양소 섭취실태

  • Kim Sung-Hwan (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Joongbu University) ;
  • Kim Na-Young (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Joongbu University) ;
  • Yea In-Seob (Dietary Department, Eulji University Hospital)
  • 김성환 (중부대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김나영 (중부대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 여인섭 (을지대학병원 영양과)
  • Published : 2005.04.01
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate dietary habit and to evaluate nutritional status and obesity index about adults living in Daejon area. This study was conducted with 250 subjects (male 130, female 120) who visited periodically a periodic health center in a general hospital from May to June in 2002. Questionaries were used for studying of dietary habit and food frequency method. Dietary intake was assessed by food frequency method and consumption of foods and nutrients was analyzed. The relationship between dietary habit and obesity were also analyzed. Dietary habit was better in female than mail. There was no significant difference in mean of Broca's index between female ($110.6\pm16.6\%$) and male ($110.0\pm13.7\%$). The obesity group showed low dietary habit score in irregular eating behavior, frequent eating out and over-intake of salty foods. Especially mean intakes of energy were lower than Korean RDA in all groups. All groups except obesity group were deficiency of vitamin A and vitamin $B_{1}$ and calcium.

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