Nutritional Risk Factors, Perceptions on Nutrition and Health, Nutritional Knowledge, Food Habits and Their Correlation to Supplement Use in Middle-Aged and Elderly Koreans.
- Author:
Jin Sook KIM
1
;
Mi Young LEE
;
Jeong Hee LEE
;
Sun Hee CHEONG
;
Hae Eun YOU
;
Kyung Ja CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Food and Nutrition, Inha University, Inchon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
middle-aged;
elderly;
supplement use;
nutritional risk fators;
nutritional knowledge;
food habits
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged*;
Female;
Food Habits*;
Humans;
Korea;
Risk Factors*;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2002;7(2):199-210
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate nutritional risk factors, perceptions on nutrition and health, nutritional knowledge, flood habits and their correlation to supplement use in middle-aged and elderly Koreans. A nationwide survey was conducted in the metropolitan areas (6 cities) and middle-sized cities (8 cities) of Korea from October to December, 2000. Subjects were randomly selected based on population, and 2,188 non-institutionalized adults aged over 50, and elderly (male 765, female 1,423) were studied. Data were collected using a standardized questionnaire administered in personal interviews. Nutrition and health-related scores of nutritional risk factors, perceptions on nutrition and health, nutritional knowledge, and flood habits were significantly higher in supplement users as compared to non-users. There was a negative correlation between nutritional risk factors and other nutrition and health-related scores on perceptions on nutrition and health, nutritional knowledge, flood habits, and pocket money. Also there was a positive correlation between nutritional risk factors and age. Therefore, these results may provide basic information for proper supplement use by middle-aged and elderly Koreans.
