Dietary maximum exposure assessment of vitamins and minerals from various sources in Korean adolescents.
10.4163/jnh.2013.46.5.447
- Author:
Ji Hye HAN
1
;
Hyun Sook LEE
;
Sun Hyo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Home Economics Education, Graduate School of Kongju National University, Gongju 314-701, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
vitamin and mineral exposure assessment;
tolerable upper intake level (UL);
vitamin.mineral supplements;
adolescents
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Ascorbic Acid;
Calcium;
Delivery of Health Care;
Diet;
Dietary Supplements;
Folic Acid;
Food, Fortified;
Functional Food;
Humans;
Iron;
Korea;
Minerals*;
Niacin;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Rural Population;
Vitamin A;
Vitamin B 6;
Vitamin E;
Vitamins*;
Zinc
- From:Journal of Nutrition and Health
2013;46(5):447-460
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Dietary supplement use is prevalent and represents an important source of nutrition. This study was conducted in order to assess the dietary maximum exposure of vitamins and minerals from various sources including regular diet, vitamin.mineral supplements for non-prescription drug (VMS-NPD), vitamin.mineral supplements for health functional foods (VMS-HFF), and fortified foods (FF). A total of 1,407 adolescent boys and girls attending middle or high schools were chosen from various cities and rural communities in Korea. Users of vitamin and mineral supplements (n = 60, 15-18 years of age) were chosen from the above 1,407 students. Intake of vitamins and minerals from a regular diet and FF was assessed by both food record method and direct interview for three days of two weekdays and one weekend, and those from VMS-NPD and VMS-HFF were assessed by both questionnaire and direct interview, and compared with the recommended nutrient intake (RNI) and the tolerable upper intake level (UL) for Korean adolescents. Daily average exposure range of vitamins and minerals from a regular diet was 0.3 to 4.4 times of the RNI. Some subjects had an excessive exposure to the UL in the following areas: from regular diets, vitamin A (1.7%) and niacin (5.0%); from only VMS-NPD, vitamin C (9.1%) and iron (5.6%); and from only VMS-HFF, niacin (8.6%) > vitamin B6 (7.5%) > folic acid (2.9%) > vitamin C (2.3%). Nutrients of daily total intake from regular diet, VMS-NPD, VMS-HFF, and FF higher than the UL included nicotinic acid for 33.3% of subjects, and, then, in order, vitamin C (26.6%) > vitamin A (13.3%), iron (13.3%) > zinc (11.7%) > calcium (5.0%) > vitamin E (1.7%), vitamin B6 (1.7%). Thus, findings of this study showed that subjects may potentially be at risk due to overuse of supplements, even though most of them took enough vitamins and minerals from their regular diet. Therefore, we should encourage adolescents to have sound health care habits through systematic and educational aspects.
