Korean J Nutr.  2009 Mar;42(2):135-145. 10.4163/kjn.2009.42.2.135.

A Survey on Added Sugar Intakes from Snacks and Participation Behaviors of Special Event Days Sharing Sweet Foods among Adolescents in Korea

• Kim HJ
• Kim SH

• KMID: 2264093
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4163/kjn.2009.42.2.135

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate added sugar intakes from processed food-snacks and participation behaviors of special event days sharing sweet foods among adolescents in Korea. Questionnaire survey (n = 959), dietary survey (n = 71) by food record method for 3 days, and snack survey (n = 230) for 3 days were carried out, and subjects were overlapped among three surveys. As a result, middle school students (MS) preferred milks and fermented milks while high school students (HS) preferred breads and fast foods as a snack (p < 0.01). MS and HS took snacks three to six times a week, and HS took snacks more frequently than MS (p < 0.05). Most subjects participated in special event days sharing sweet foods such as friend's birthday (68.4%), Peppro's day (61.5%) and Valentine's day (42.6%). As for merits of these events, MS said 'they could get along with their friends' and 'relieve stress', while HS said 'they could enjoy their own events' and 'confess their affection to whom they like' (p < 0.01). A group of cookies, biscuits, breads and, cakes was major source of added sugars followed by beverages, sweet jellies of red bean, chocolates and candies for subjects. For MS and HS, daily total added sugar intakes from whole processed food-snacks were 30.5 +/- 23.5 g/d (3.0-137.9 g/d) and 31.7 +/- 23.2 g/d (1.2-126.1 g/d), and ratios of daily total energy taken from added sugars of whole processed food-snacks in proportion to daily total energy taken from diet (energy percent of added sugars from snacks) were 6.3 +/- 4.7% (0.6-26.1%) and 6.3 +/- 4.4% (0.3-23.9%), respectively. These results showed that subjects frequently participated in special event days sharing sweet foods. In addition, energy percent of added sugars from snacks was more than the UL suggested by WHO/FAO for some subjects. Therefore, it is highly critical to monitor adolescents' sugar intakes on a long-term basis and to take nutritional management on their high sugar intakes.

Keyword

snacks; added sugar intakes; special event days; sweet foods; adolescents

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Anniversaries and Special Events
Beverages
Bread
Cacao
Candy
Carbohydrates
Diet
Fast Foods
Humans
Korea
Milk
Organothiophosphorus Compounds
Surveys and Questionnaires
Snacks
Carbohydrates
Organothiophosphorus Compounds

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Participation ratios of each special event day sharing sweet foods by subjects.

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  Fig. 2 Distribution of daily total intakes of added sugars from whole processed food-snacks by subjects.

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  Fig. 3 Distribution of ratios of daily total energy taken from added sugars of whole processed food-snacks to daily total energy taken from diet1) by subjects. 1) Dietary energy intakes of 2,110.6 kcal/d for males and 1,794.0 kcal/d for females were applied, these values were obtained from the present study.

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