Health Status and Nutrient Intakes of 5th Grade Elementary Students in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province.
- Author:
Ok Hyun KIM
1
;
Hyun Ah PARK
;
Young Gyu CHO
;
Kyoung Woo KIM
;
Yangim HUR
;
Ji Hyun SONG
;
Jae Heon KANG
Author Information
1. Institute for Clinical Nutrition, Inje University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
elementary students;
health status;
nutrient intakes;
obesity
- MeSH:
Breakfast;
Calcium;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);
Child;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Energy Intake;
Folic Acid;
Fruit;
Glucose;
Humans;
Korea;
Milk;
Motor Activity;
Obesity;
Overweight;
Prevalence;
Risk Factors;
Sodium;
Vegetables
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2010;15(6):717-726
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was conducted to investigate health status and nutrient intakes among 5th grade elementary students at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010. This study was cross-sectional study on 1,384 children (687 boys, 697 girls) from nine elementary schools located in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The average height, weight and BMI were 145 cm, 40.6 kg 19.2 kg/m2 for boys and 145.4 cm, 38.2 kg, 18.0 kg/m2 for girls. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 11.3%, 5.2%, respectively. Serum AST, ALT, glucose, HDL-Cholesterol and RBC levels were significantly higher, while TG levels was significantly lower for boys than for girls. The average energy intake was 1772.4 kcal, which was 98.7% of Estimated Energy Requirement (EER). The boys consumed more energy intake (1800.4 kcal) than the girls (1744.7 kcal). Also, they took insufficient calcium and folate (69.1% and 83.3% of Recommended Intake (RI)) and excess sodium (297.6% of Adequate Intake (AI)) and 85.1% of the subjects had breakfast everyday. In general, the proportion of the children who consumed fruits and vegetables at least once or more a day was low. There was a higher proportion of children in boys who had ramyun and milk with sufficient physical activity than those in girls. As a result of this study, we can find risk factors on obesity and metabolic disorders, and the results can be used for an evidence of nutrition education program and the intervention program.
