Empirically derived major dietary patterns and their associations with overweight in Korean preschool children.
Prevailing dietary patterns and their association with nutritional outcomes are poorly understood, particularly for children in Korea. Our purposes were to identify major dietary patterns and to examine their associations with overweight among young children in Korea. For 1441 preschool children, usual diet was assessed by a FFQ, from which thirty-three food groups were created and entered into a factor analysis. We identified three dietary patterns by relative intake frequency of (1) vegetables, seaweeds, beans, fruits, milk and dairy products (Korean healthy pattern); (2) beef, pork, poultry, fish and fast foods (animal foods pattern); and (3) ice cream, soda, chocolate, cookies and candies (sweets pattern). The Korean healthy pattern was associated with better health status. As compared with the lowest quintile, the multivariate-adjusted OR of the highest quintile for health status inferior or similar to their peers was 0.59 (95 % CI 0.42, 0.84). Likelihood of being overweight was higher among those in the highest quintile (OR 1.77 (95 % CI 1.06, 2.94)) v. the lowest quintile regarding the animal foods pattern. These findings suggest that major dietary patterns are predictors of overweight and health status in Korean preschool children.
Shin
Kyung Ok
KO
Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, South Korea.
Oh
Se-Young
SY
Park
Hyun Suh
HS
D000818:Animals; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003611:Dairy Products; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000502:physiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014675:Vegetables
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates