Relationships between Nutrient Intake Status and Sugar-containing Food Intake of Elementary School Students in Daegu-Kyungbook Area.
- Author:
Hyeon Jung KIM
1
;
Hyun Mee OH
;
Young Ji CHO
;
Jin Sook YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Food and Nutrition, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea. jsook@kmu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
elementary school students;
sugar-containing food;
nutrient intake
- MeSH:
Calcium;
Child;
Eating;
Humans;
Infant;
Iron;
Korea;
Milk;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Riboflavin
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2010;15(5):573-581
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was conducted to investigate the association of nutrients intake with sugar-containing food consumption of elementary school students in Daegu-Kyungpook area. We analyzed the dietary information from 164 elementary school students (82 boys, 82 girls) participated in "Dietary Intake Survey of Infants, Children and Adolescents" conducted by Korea Food & Drug Administration and Korea Health Industry Development Institute. Information on habitual dietary intake of sugar-containing foods was collected by food frequency questionnaires. Daily nutrients intake of each subject was calculated from 24-hour recall data for two non-consecutive days. As a result of average daily intake of major foods of elementary school students was analyzed from 1 to 50 ranking that show up higher ranking of white milk and white rice but include many kind of sugar-containing food. Dietary intake of energy, carbohydrate, Ca, P, Fe and riboflavin were significantly lower for girls with higher sugar-containing food frequency scores. Significantly negative associations between Index of Nutrition Quality (INQ) and sugar-containing food frequency scores were observed for calcium (r = -0.34) and iron (r = -0.32) among girls. Mean Adequacy Ratio (MAR) was significantly lower for girls with higher sugar-containing food frequency scores (r = -0.26). Our results indicated that nutrition education for elementary school students should focus on the importance of reducing the sugar-containing food consumption with more attention for girls.
