A traditional Korean dietary pattern and metabolic syndrome abnormalities
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Study population
This study was based on data obtained from the third Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES III) of non-institutionalised Korean civilians in 2005. Details of the KNHANES performed in 2005 have been previously described [16]. In brief, KNHANES III consisted of the following four components: (1) a health Interview Survey, (2) a health behaviors survey, (3) a health examination survey and (4) a nutrition survey. A total of 34,145 individuals from a stratified, multistage
Results
The key characteristics of the three dietary patterns and mean nutrient intakes are presented in Table 1. The ‘Traditional’ pattern had more than half of its percent daily energy intake solely from white rice, and vegetable and Kimchi consumptions were higher in this pattern than in the other two patterns. The ‘Meat and Alcohol’ pattern received 27% of energy from white rice, 22% of energy from meat and its products, and 11% of energy from alcohol. The ‘Korean Healthy’ pattern received 27% of
Discussion
Dietary patterns rich in whole-grains, fruits, vegetables and dairy foods have been suggested as having benefits against metabolic syndrome [1]. The Korean diet is traditionally high in carbohydrate, low in fat, and abundant in plant foods. In this study, three distinctive dietary patterns were identified among the adult Korean population using data from the recent Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey. Half of the population maintained a traditional dietary pattern with high consumptions
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Catholic University of Korea, Research Fund, 2009. None of authors had conflicts of interest to disclose.
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