Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

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Effects of Nutrition Education Promoting Vegetable, Fruit, and Fish Intake on the Severity of Atopic Dermatitis in Children: Results from a One-year Follow Up Study

채소와 과일, 생선 섭취 강조 영양중재교육이 아토피 피부염 영유아의 중증도 변화에 미치는 효과

  • Lee, Heejin (Department of Foods and Nutrition, Kookmin University) ;
  • Ahn, Kangmo (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Han, Youngshin (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Sang-Jin (Department of Foods and Nutrition, Kookmin University)
  • 이희진 (국민대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 안강모 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 소아과) ;
  • 한영신 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 소아과) ;
  • 정상진 (국민대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2013.04.19
  • Accepted : 2013.10.15
  • Published : 2013.10.31
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Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is believed to be associated with the intake of antioxidant nutrients and fatty acids due to its immunological dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of nutrition education promoting vegetable, fruit, and fish intake on the severity of AD in children. Children with AD aged 6 months to 5 years were randomly assigned into education and control groups, and followed for 1 year. Seventy-six children completed the study (38 for control, 38 for education). The education group received education promoting the intakes of antioxidant-rich foods (vegetables, fruits) and n-3 fatty acid foods (fish). A 24-hour food recall was collected for the diet information. After education, all vegetables (p < 0.001), fruits (p < 0.01), and fish (p < 0.05) intakes per 1000 kcal increased significantly in the education group, whereas only vegetable intake increased in the control group (p < 0.001). The SCORAD index, the severity of atopic dermatitis, decreased significantly in the education group (p < 0.05). Increased consumption of dietary vitamin E was significantly associated with reduction in the SCORAD index, after adjusting for age and gender (p < 0.05). A nutritional education program to increase vegetable, fruit, and fish intake may be effective in reducing the severity of AD, and vitamin E intake may be associated with the decreased severity of AD. More controlled studies on the relationship between these intakes and severity of AD, with intensive diet and/or supplement intervention programs, are needed to obtain conclusive results.

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