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Estimation of cancer risks of Korean diet.
Author(s) -
Park Min Kyung,
Jung Hyun Ju,
Paik Hee Young
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.898.7
Subject(s) - medicine , red meat , environmental health , population , demography , pathology , sociology
Cancer is the number one cause of death in Korea. High intakes of red meat and low intake of fruits and vegetable are known risk factors of cancer. The second report of World Cancer Research Funds (WCRF) recommendations for cancer prevention include consuming less than 43g/day of red meat, and more than 600g/day of fruits and vegetables. Korean diet is considered to be low in meat and high in plant foods. However, there has been no report on the cancer risk of diet in Korea population. The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of risks of consuming high red meat or low fruits and vegetable intakes among Korean adults based on WCRF recommendation. Diet survey data of 6381 adults over 21yrs from 2005 Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey were analyzed for intakes of red meat and fruits and vegetables. One day diet survey was conducted by 24‐hour recall method. The average intake of red meat was 56.3g and 36% of adults (42.4% in men, 30.8% in women) consumed more than 43g/d. Average intake of fruit and vegetable was 438.4g/day and 78.9% of subjects (87.4% in men, 82.2% in women) consumed less than 600g/day. The average meat intake was over 43g/d in males of 21~64 years of age and in women of 21~49 years of age. The average intakes of fruits and vegetables of all age and sex groups were below 600g/day. These results indicate that cancer risk of Korean diet is relatively high in all adult groups over 21 years of age.