The Correlation of Meal Frequency and Nutrition with Mental Health Status in Women Aged 20-39 Years: The 5th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2010-2012
- Author:
Yu Hyeon YI
1
;
Yun Jin KIM
;
Sang Yeoup LEE
;
Jeong Gyu LEE
;
Dong Wook JEONG
;
Young Hye CHO
;
Young Jin TAK
;
Eun Jeong CHOI
;
Hye Lim HWANG
;
Seung Hun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea. yujkim@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Meal times;
Nutrition;
Health status
- MeSH:
Alcohol Drinking;
Blood Pressure;
Breakfast;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Depression;
Diet;
Eating;
Fasting;
Female;
Ferritins;
Health Promotion;
Humans;
Korea;
Linear Models;
Marital Status;
Meals;
Menstruation;
Mental Health;
Nutrition Surveys;
Obesity;
Single Person;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Suicide;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Weight Loss
- From:Korean Journal of Obesity
2015;24(2):101-107
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: We analyzed the relationship between meal frequency and nutrition with mental health status, and provide basic data on health promotion for breakfast and dinner skippers compared to non-skippers. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of 2,114 women aged 20-39 years who participated in the KNHANES in 2010-2012. We compared differences such as marital status, weight change, obesity, and under-weightness, smoking, high-risk alcohol consumption, exercise, suicide ideation, stress perception, depression, blood pressure, lipid profile, 25-Hydroxyvitamin-D, and ferritin levels among meal-skipping groups by cross tabulation analysis and general linear model analysis. RESULTS: The proportion of respondent undergoing weight loss efforts was over 50%, and of those roughly 75% were using a specific diet (e.g., fasting, skipping meals, single food diet). The breakfast and dinner skippers tended to be young, unmarried, and, had higher stress perception and suicide ideation than the non-skipping meal group. There were significantly higher incidents of obesity (body mass index > or =25 kg/m2, P=0.004), weight loss efforts, smoking, high-risk alcohol consumption, suicide ideation, and irregular menstruation in dinner skippers. In addition, there were significantly higher levels of under-weightness (P=0.004) and frequent eating out (over 5-6/week, P=0.005) in breakfast skippers. CONCLUSION: There were more physical and mental problems in dinner skippers in regards to high-risk alcohol consumption, suicide ideation, stress perception, and irregular menstruation. In the future, long-term studies are needed to reveal the correlation of meal frequency and nutrition with mental health status in patients who skip meals.
