Dietary Intake of Nutrients and Food in Postmenopausal Korean Women.
- Author:
Jumi HEO
1
;
Yongsoon PARK
;
Hyoung Moo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Dietary intake;
Food;
Nutrients;
Postmenopausal women
- MeSH:
Agaricales;
Aged;
Calcium;
Fatty Acids, Omega-6;
Female;
Folic Acid;
Fruit;
Humans;
Iron;
Nutritional Status;
Potassium;
Vitamin A;
Vitamin B Complex;
Vitamin D;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:The Journal of Korean Society of Menopause
2011;17(1):12-20
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the dietary intake of nutrients and food in postmenopausal Korean women. METHODS: One hundred eighty-nine postmenopausal women were recruited from 10 different hospitals in Seoul. The dietary intake of nutrients and foods was obtained using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, including 102 foods based on the Korean food pattern. RESULTS: Postmenopausal Korean women consumed energy and most of the nutrients adequately, except vitamin D, calcium, potassium, and folate. Intake of vitamin D and calcium was 60% and 78%, respectively, of the Korean Dietary Reference Intake (KDRI). Elderly postmenopausal women > 65 years of age consumed significantly less nutrients, such as fat, n-3 and n-6 fatty acids, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin B complex, calcium, potassium, iron, fruit, fish, and mushrooms. The intake of vitamin D, calcium, potassium, and folate, was less than the KDRI in both groups of postmenopausal women. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the intake of vitamin D, folate, calcium, and potassium was less than the KDRI in postmenopausal women and the nutritional status of elderly postmenopausal women was worse than younger postmenopausal women.
