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Erratum: Title Correction. The Role of The Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Mineral Content in Ovariectomized Rats Compensation in Rats.

Mi Ja CHOI ; Sang Mi KIM

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):597-597. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.597

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Qualitative study on home delivery meal services for the elderly.

Sunhee SEO ; Eunju YU ; Og Yeon KIM

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):589-596. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.589

As the importance of elderly's dietary life have increased, low-income elderly's meal should be taken care by social policies. Nevertheless, there is a lack of systematic management in home-delivery meal service. This study aims to investigate the elderly's experience on home-delivered meal service, especially identifying the symbolic meaning of home-delivered meal service on elderly's dietary life. Using an in-depth interview, qualitative data was collected from five elderly participants who received home-delivered meals. Data was analyzed based on Colaizzi's 6 steps method, deriving 148 significant statements, 18 formulated meanings, and 5 themes: , , , , and . Elderly participants regarded the home delivered meal as not only a decent meal but also felt appreciated. The home-delivered meals were found to be their only meal all day; thus, they considered these meals as a means of survival. Home-delivered meals are considered as a lack of consideration for the elderly's physical condition, including their tastes, portion size, and cooking method. Also, these elderly seemed to lose their appetite due to aging and it caused the enjoyment of eating. The elderly have kept silence never expressing any opinions regarding the home delivered meals because they were offered for free. The results suggested that the home-delivered meal service should be developed with the multilateral evaluation methods to reflect the elderly's needs to improve the quality of the home-delivered meal service.
Aged* ; Aging ; Appetite ; Cooking ; Eating ; Humans ; Meals* ; Methods ; Portion Size ; Public Policy

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Job environment, foodservice environment and work performance of school foodservice dietitian according to years of service in Daejeon/Chungnam province.

Jang Il HAN

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):573-588. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.573

The objective of this study is to investigate various jobs and foodservice environments, as well as work performances of school foodservice dietitians and nutrition teachers in accordance to the years of service in Daejeon and Chungnam provinces. A survey was conducted among school foodservice dietitians and nutrition teachers; a total of 415 from selected elementary, middle and high schools in the areas. In this study, we surveyed the participants and analyzed the current state of general characteristics, status of their job environments and foodservice environments by frequency, and the averages and differences in work performance with regard to 12 work parts and 57 works using one-way ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test according to the years of service. Six parts among 12 work parts were significantly different in work performance according to the years of service. The 6 work parts were menu (nutrition) management, utensil recovery and management, sanitation management, foodservice administration & evaluation, dietary habit guide, and other works. The 11-15 years group ranked as the top on the total score and means of work performance. While the 16-years or more group, 6-10 years group, and under 5 years group followed consecutively. Correlation analysis between job or foodservice environments and work performances showed that work performances of school dietitians were mostly influenced by employment status, education level, and annual salary among the variables of job or foodservice environments. Other works, dietary habit guides and menu management were mostly influenced by variables of job and foodservice environments.
Education ; Employment ; Food Habits ; Humans ; Nutritionists ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits ; Sanitation

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Dietary habits score, nutrients intake and dietary quality related to coffee consumption of college students in Incheon.

Yun Ju LEE ; Jeong Soon YOU ; Kyung Ja CHANG

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):560-572. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.560

The purpose of this study is to investigate the food habits score, nutrients intake and dietary quality with regard to coffee consumption of college students in Incheon. The data were collected with a self-reports questionnaire with a total of 190 subjects, comprised with 101 male and 89 female college students. We classified these subjects into three groups using percentile of coffee intake to assess the nutrients intake and dietary quality. The correlations among coffee intake, food habits score, nutrients intake and dietary quality were evaluated. The average coffee intake of male and female college students were 156.8 mL and 157.4 mL, respectively. The coffee preferences with respect to specialty coffee were caramel macchiato, cafe latte, americano, cafe mocha, and cappucino in male college students, and caramel macchiato, americano, cafe mocha, cafe latte, and cappucino in female college students, in preference order. The coffee intake motivation score of the high 1/3 percentile group according to coffee intake was higher than that of the low 1/3 percentile group according to coffee intake in emotion motivation and utilitarian motivation. The highest scores were 'flavor and aroma' in emotion motivation, and 'prevention of sleepness' in utilitarian motivation. The average food habits score of "I often eat the natural food" was significantly higher in the low 1/3 percentile group according to coffee intake compared with the other groups (p < 0.05). There was a significantly positive correlation between coffee intake and 'I purchase the processed food after examining nutrition labels' of food habits score (r = 0.280; p < 0.01) in female college students. The energy intake of the high 1/3 percentile group according to coffee intake was significantly higher in that of the moderate 1/3 percentile group according to coffee intake in male college students (p < 0.05). Therefore, it may be necessary for college students to undergo a well-planned nutrition education regarding proper coffee intake, choice of coffee, energy intake related to coffee intake, and dietary habits.
Coffee* ; Eating ; Education ; Energy Intake ; Female ; Food Habits* ; Humans ; Incheon* ; Male ; Motivation ; Surveys and Questionnaires

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Prevalence of vitamin, mineral supplement use and its related factors among Korean adolescents.

Hyun Sook LEE ; Ji Hye HAN ; Sun Hyo KIM

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):552-559. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.552

This study is conducted in order to investigate the prevalence of vitamin, mineral (VM) supplement use and its related factors among Korean adolescents. Using a cross-sectional study design, information was obtained by questionnaires from adolescents selected by stratified sampling in large, small and middle-size cities, as well as rural areas of the whole country, followed by convenience sampling. The total number of participants in this study was 1,407 adolescents (15.2 +/- 1.6 years) attending middle or high schools, chosen from various cities and rural areas in Korea. The prevalence of VM supplement use was 65.5%, and there was no significant difference between the genders. City dwellers took VM supplements more frequently than those adolescents from rural areas (p < 0.01). The VM supplement users tended to have higher family income, parents' academic background, and socioeconomic status, respectively (p < 0.001). The greater part of VM supplement users replied that they acquired their nutritional information from their parents, relatives and friends, while many nonusers replied that they did it from school classes (p < 0.05). Compared to nonusers, VM supplement users had greater 'self concern about health' (p < 0.05), 'parents' concern about child's health, growth, and nutritional intake' (p < 0.001), and 'parents' concern about child's grade point' (p < 0.01). However, there was no significant difference between users and nonusers when it came to 'self perception of body shape' or 'BMI'. In addition, users significantly had greater nutritional beliefs concerning VM supplements than nonusers (p < 0.001). These results showed that VM supplement use has been common among adolescents in Korea, and supplement use of subjects has been related with various factors. Among them, it was shown that especially parents great influence the use of VM supplements by adolescents. Thus, not only education for adolescents, but also that for parents is needed to help adolescents take VM supplements properly.
Adolescent* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Education ; Friends ; Humans ; Korea ; Morinda ; Parents ; Prevalence* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Social Class ; Vitamins*

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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Korea: Results from KNHANES 2010 to 2011.

In Kyung JUNG

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):540-551. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.540

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is becoming an epidemic and thereby a global health problem. Further, VDD adversely affects calcium metabolism and skeletal health, and is associated with increased risk of several diseases, e.g., autoimmune diseases, several types of cancers, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, asthma, psoriatic arthritis, and etc. To evaluate the prevalence of VDD in Korea, and then to evaluate the association of several factors with serum 25(OH)D level, the author analyzed the data of 14,456 individuals who were 10 years of age and over from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1 & 2 (KNHANES V-1 & 2) conducted by the Korean Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. As a result, among Koreans (age >== 10years), 65.9% of males and 77.7% of females were below optimum blood serum 25(OH)D (20 ng/mL). VDD is more severe in female than in male at all age groups. In addition, the younger generations had less 25(OH)D level than older generations in Korea. The analysis by complex sample general linear model (CSGLM) suggested that blood 25(OH)D concentration was related with gender (p < .001), residence (p = .030), occupation (p < .001), anemia (p < .001) and physical activity (p < .001). In conclusion, VDD is pandemic and it is more severe in younger generations in Korea. Further, from the results by CSGLM, serum 25(OH)D status is closely related with the life style of Koreans.
Anemia ; Arthritis, Psoriatic ; Asthma ; Autoimmune Diseases ; Calcium ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Communicable Diseases ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; Family Characteristics ; Female ; Humans ; Korea* ; Life Style ; Linear Models ; Male ; Metabolism ; Motor Activity ; Nutrition Surveys ; Occupations ; Pandemics ; Prevalence* ; Serum ; Vitamin D Deficiency* ; Vitamin D* ; Vitamins*

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The study of metabolic risk factors and dietary intake in adolescent children by the status of mothers' metabolic syndrome: Using the data from 2007-2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Soyeon KWON ; Mijung PARK ; Yoonju SONG

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):531-539. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.531

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Korea has been increasing in adults, as well as in adolescents. Recently the prevalence of MetS in children has been reported to strongly link that of MetS in parents. Families are known to share similar food environment so that eating habits of parents closely resemble that of the children's. Therefore, the aim of this study to examine metabolic risk factors and dietary intake in children by with respect to mother's metabolic syndrome, based on the data from Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2007-2010. Using the household variable and the eldest child per household, 1,341 pairs of mothers and children were selected. The mothers were defined by MetS criteria, and then the children were classified into the following three groups in accordance to the mothers' MetS; children whose mothers had none, 1-2, and 3 or more components of MetS. All dietary data were evaluated using the data from a food frequency questionnaire. The mean age was 42.6 +/- 4.2 years for the mothers, and 14.9 +/- 2.0 years for the children. Children whose mothers had 3 or more components of MetS showed a significantly higher prevalence of overweight and higher level of fasting triglyceride; conversely, they showed a lower level of serum HDL-cholesterol compared to the other two groups. Regarding an agreement of food consumption between the mothers and children, most food groups showed high agreement, except in the category of beverages. Regarding the dietary habits and family meals, children whose mothers had 3 or more components of MetS were more likely to skip breakfast and less likely to have family meals at breakfast or snack. In conclusion, the children's metabolic risk factors and dietary factors were different with respect to the status of mothers' MetS. Further studies are necessary to examine the causal effect of family environment in children's health status.
Adolescent* ; Adult ; Beverages ; Breakfast ; Child* ; Eating ; Family Characteristics ; Fasting ; Food Habits ; Humans ; Korea ; Meals ; Mothers ; Nutrition Surveys* ; Overweight ; Parents ; Prevalence ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Risk Factors* ; Snacks ; Triglycerides

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Comparative study of serum levels of albumin and hs-CRP in hemodialysis patients according to protein intake levels.

Ye Ji LEE ; Yeon Joo LEE ; Il Hwan OH ; Chang Hwa LEE ; Sang Sun LEE

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):521-530. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.521

Protein-energy malnutrition, PEM, and increased hs-CRP level are considered to be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This is commonly referred to as the vicious circle of malnutrition-inflammation-atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease (MIA syndrome) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Low protein intake can decrease the serum level of albumin and increase inflammational markers; further, both low serum albumin and high hs-CRP are independent risk factors for all-cause mortality in HD patients. The aim of this study is comparing the serum levels of albumin and hs-CRP in HD patients according to the protein intake levels. The total number of subjects was 60 hemodialysis patients; they were grouped by dietary protein intake: low protein intake group (LPI, protein intake < 1.0 g/kg IBW, 11 men and 19 women) and adequate protein intake group (API, protein intake > or = 1.0 g/kg IBW, 12 men and 18 women). Blood biochemical parameters, nutrient intake, and dietary behaviors were compared between the LPI and API groups. The LPI group showed a significantly lower serum level of albumin and higher serum level of hs-CRP than the API group (p < 0.05). The LPI group showed a significantly lower intake of most nutrients than the API group (p < 0.05). Index of Nutritional Quality of most nutrients of the LPI and API groups were lower than 1.0. Dietary protein intake was positively correlated with the serum level of albumin (r = 0.306, p < 0.05) and negatively correlated with the serum level of hs-CRP (r = -0.435, p < 0.01). The serum level of hs-CRP was negatively correlated with that of albumin (r = -0.393, p < 0.01). According to these result, serum albumin and hs-CRP in HD patients were influenced by the protein intake levels. To prevent MIA syndrome, it is necessary to improve nutritional status, especially in protein and energy.
Cardiovascular Diseases ; Dietary Proteins ; Humans ; Male ; Mortality ; Nutritional Status ; Nutritive Value ; Protein-Energy Malnutrition ; Renal Dialysis* ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ; Risk Factors ; Serum Albumin

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Association of MCP-1 polymorphism with cardiovascular disease risk factors in Korean elderly.

Hee Jung PARK

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):511-520. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.511

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) plays an important role in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Genetic polymorphism in the regulatory regions of MCP-1 could affect MCP-1 expression. The purpose of the study was to explore the possible association of MCP-1 -2518 A/G genetic polymorphism and CVD risk factors in the elderly Korean population. Dietary, anthropometric, and biochemical factors were assessed in 168 subjects. The frequency of A/A, G/A, and G/G genotypes was 14.2%, 45.8%, and 40.0%, respectively. The blood level of MCP-1 was significantly higher in subjects with A/A genotype. The MCP-1 level was significantly higher in A/A genotype with hypercholesterolemia than in other genotypes. Meat intake and percent energy from lipids were significantly positively correlated with the MCP-1 level, especially, stronger in A/A genotype. In the stepwise discriminant analysis, TNF-alpha level, meat intake, HDL-C were associated with MCP-1 in all subjects (model R2 = 24%). TNF-alpha level, sugar intake, cholesterol intake, and meat intake affected MCP-1 in A/A genotype (model R2 = 82%), but not in G/A or G/G. In conclusion, subjects possessing A/A genotype exhibited higher levels of MCP-1 than other genotypes in Korean elders. Further, meat, sugar, and cholesterol intakes affected the MCP-1 level. Therefore, the decrement of meat, sugar, and cholesterol intakes helps to normalize the MCP-1 level and can decrease CVD risk in A/A genotype.
Aged* ; Cardiovascular Diseases* ; Chemokine CCL2 ; Cholesterol ; Genotype ; Humans ; Hypercholesterolemia ; Meat ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Risk Factors* ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Delphinidin inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cell lines.

Eun Young SEO

Journal of Nutrition and Health.2013;46(6):503-510. doi:10.4163/jnh.2013.46.6.503

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women, both in the developed and developing countries. Anthocyanins are natural coloring of a multitude of foods, such as berries, grapes or cherries. Glycosides of the aglycons delphinidin represent the most abundant anthocyanins in fruits. Delphinidin has recently been reported to inhibit the growth of human tumor cell line. Also, delphinidin is a powerful antioxidant that reportedly exerts beneficial effects in patients with advanced cancer by reducing the level of reactive oxygen species and increasing glutathion peroxidase activity. This study investigates the effects of delphinidin on protein ErbB2, ErbB3 and Akt expressions associated with cell proliferation and Bcl-2, Bax protein associated with cell apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cell line. MDA-MB-231 cells were cultured with various concentrations (0, 5, 10, and 20 micromol/L) of delphinidin. Delphinidin inhibited breast cancer cell growth in a dose dependent manner (p < 0.05). ErbB2 and ErbB3 expressions were markdly lower 5 micromol/L delphinidin (p < 0.05). In addition, total Akt and phosphorylated Akt levels were decreased dose-dependently in cells treated with delphinidin (p < 0.05). Futher, Bcl-2 levels were dose-dependently decreased and Bax expression was significantly increased in cells treated with delphinidin (p < 0.05). In conclusion, I have shown that delphinidin inhibits cell growth, proliferation and induces apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cell lines.
Anthocyanins ; Apoptosis* ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast* ; Cell Line* ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation* ; Developing Countries ; Female ; Fruit ; Glycosides ; Humans* ; Peroxidase ; Prunus ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; Vitis

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