Nutr Res Pract.  2012 Aug;6(4):328-333.

Meal skipping relates to food choice, understanding of nutrition labeling, and prevalence of obesity in Korean fifth grade children

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Food & Nutrition, Yongin University, Yongin 449-714, Korea.
  • 2FANSA (Food and Nutrition Statistical Analysis), Seoul 153-764, Korea.
  • 3Department of Food & Nutrition, Daegu University, Daegu 712-714, Korea.
  • 4Department of Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea.
  • 5Nutrition for the Future Inc., Seoul 151-848, Korea.
  • 6Department of Statistics, Hannam University, Daejeon 306-791, Korea.
  • 7Dietary Life Safety Division, KFDA, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.
  • 8Department of Food & Nutrition, Daeduk Valley Campus, Hannam University, Daejeon 305-811, Korea. mhkang@hnu.kr

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the differences in food choice, nutrition labeling perceptions, and prevalence of obesity due to meal skipping in Korean elementary school children. A national survey was performed in 2010 to collect data on food intake frequency, understanding of nutrition labeling, and body mass index from 2,335 fifth grade students in 118 elementary schools selected from 16 metropolitan local governments by stratified cluster sampling. The data were analyzed using the SAS 9.1 and SUDAAN 10.0 packages. Students who consumed three meals for 6-7 days during the past week were classified into the regular meal eating (RM) group (n = 1,476) and those who did not were placed into the meal skipping (MS) group (n = 859). The daily intake frequency of fruits, vegetables, kimchi, and milk was significantly lower in the MS group compared to that in the RM group (P < 0.001), whereas the daily intake frequency of soft drinks and instant noodles (ramyeon) was significantly higher in the MS group than that in the RM group (P < 0.05). The MS group demonstrated a significantly lower degree of understanding with regard to nutrition labeling and high calorie foods containing low nutritional value than that in the RM group. The distribution of obesity based on the percentile criteria using the Korean growth chart was different between the MS and RM groups. The MS group (8.97%) had a higher percentage of obese subjects than that in the RM group (5.38%). In conclusion, meal skipping was related to poor food choice, low perception of nutrition labeling, and a high prevalence of obesity in Korean fifth grade children.

Keyword

Meal skipping; children; food choice; nutrition labeling; obesity

MeSH Terms

Body Mass Index
Carbonated Beverages
Child
Eating
Food Labeling
Fruit
Growth Charts
Humans
Meals
Milk
Nutritive Value
Obesity
Phenothiazines
Prevalence
Vegetables
Phenothiazines

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