Comparison of Nutritional Status and Eating Behavior of Korean and Chinese Children using the Nutrition Quotient (NQ).
10.5720/kjcn.2017.22.1.22
- Author:
Hua LING
1
;
Hokyung RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. hokryu@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nutrition Quotient (NQ);
elementary school children;
eating behavior;
Korean;
Chinese
- MeSH:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group*;
Busan;
Child*;
China;
Eating*;
Family Characteristics;
Feeding Behavior*;
Food Supply;
Humans;
Korea;
Nutrition Policy;
Nutritional Status*;
Parents
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2017;22(1):22-39
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to investigate the nutritional status and dietary behavior of Korean and Chinese elementary school children using Nutritional Quotient (NQ). METHODS: The survey was conducted by distributing questionnaires to the parents of the child, after selecting four elementary schools located in Pusan city of Korea and three elementary schools located in Luoyang city, Henan Province of China, from Grade 1 to Grade 6 in each school. RESULTS: The NQ scores of Korean children and Chinese children were 64.99 and 66.57, respectively, which did not show a statistically significant difference. Korean children significantly showed higher diversity score (p<0.001) than Chinese, but Chinese children significantly showed higher moderation (p < 0.001), regularity (p < 0.001) and practice score (p < 0.01) than Korean. NQ grades showed a statistically significant difference. According to food security of the household, NQ scores of the Chinese children of secure household were significantly higher than those of food insecurity household (p < 0.01). In particular, it showed a significant difference in the practice (p < 0.001), moderation (p < 0.05) and regularity score (p < 0.05). Korean children's NQ score showed a significant correlation with the score of following the Dietary Guidelines of parents, but Chinese did not show such a correlation. CONCLUSIONS: There were differences in children's dietary behaviors and parents' impact to children's dietary attitude between Korean and Chinese. NQ developed for Korean could be successfully applied to Chinese.
