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Shifts in Consumption of Food Between 1998 and 2009 in Korea
Author(s) -
Lee Haeng-Shin,
Popkin Barry M.
Publication year - 2012
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.26.1_supplement.828.1
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , whole grains , environmental health , food intake , food consumption , consumption (sociology) , food group , added sugar , sugar , medicine , food science , agricultural economics , geography , economics , biology , population , social science , sociology
Korea has undergone a major opening of its food markets and economy in the past decade. The impact on the diet of Koreans is unknown. Using the KNHANES (Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey), a nationally representative sample of individuals age ≥2, in 1998 and 2009 (n10,267 and 9,264, respectfully). The data are corrected for seasonality and the original raw food data are regrouped into 74 food groups. STATA is used to adjust for design effects and weight the results. Despite a decade of efforts to increase whole grain intake, fruit and vegetable intake, the mean intake of whole grain intake increased a small amount (+16 kcal/d); however the proportion consuming any whole grains doubles from 24% to 46.3%. Rice declined significantly and several important less healthful food trends emerged: total alcohol intake increased from 39 kcal/d to 82 kcal/d. Also sugar‐sweetened beverages among teens and kcal from tea and coffee increased. Dynamic causes of these trends and the government's response are discussed.