Journal of Community Nutrition

대한지역사회영양학회 (The Korean Society of Community Nutrition)
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A Comparison of Obesity Prevalence between Korean-American Children and Korean Children

  • Sim Young-Ja (Food Protein Research & Development Center, Texas A & M University, College Station) ;
  • Kim Eun-Kyung (Department of Food Science, Kangnung National University) ;
  • Park Kye-Wol (Department of Food Science, Kangnung National University) ;
  • Kim Hee-Sun (Department of Food Science, Kangnung National University)
  • 발행 : 2006.03.01
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This study is to compare the prevalence of obesity between Korean-American children and Korean children, and to investigate the role of environmental factors in obesity development. Prevalence of child obesity is compared by their residence, parents' anthropometric data, education and occupation, and the length of immigration, and birth place of the children. A total of 593 children between the ages of 9 and 12 were examined. 262 Korean-American children (KcUS group) from New Jersey, USA and 331 Korean children (KcK group) from Seoul, Korea were compared. KcUS group showed a higher obesity rate (male: 12.6% and female: 8.2%), compared to KcK group (male: 8.0% and female: 5.1 %). KcK male children showed lower weight and prevalence of obesity than Korean-American male children who lived in the United States for more than three years. Korean-American female children had higher weight and obesity rate than Korean female children. Waist circumference and hip circumference were also higher in obese children in both KcK and KcUS groups. The children who live in America had an odds ratio of 1.69 to be obese compared to KcK, while those born in America and those who have lived in America for more than 3 years had odds ratios of 1.53 and 1.25 to be obese, respectively. This study found that environmental factors, immigration to America for instance, could playa bigger role in child obese development than the genetic factor.

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