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Reduced meal frequency is associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome in Korean adults (628.9)
Author(s) -
Min Chanyang,
Shin Sangah,
Chung Sang Won,
Joung Hyojee
Publication year - 2014
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.28.1_supplement.628.9
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , medicine , meal , hypertriglyceridemia , obesity , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , triglyceride , cholesterol
Intermittent fasting which is eating only one or two meals rather than 3 times a day is popular for weight control recently. However, it is not clear how reduced meal frequency affects human health. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of meal frequency on metabolic syndrome risk and its risk factors in Korean adults. Our study subjects were 11,361 (4,306 men, 7,055 women) aged 20 to 50 years without diagnosis of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or hypertriglyceridemia from the Korean National Health and Examination Survey data 2007‐2010. The meal frequency of subjects was obtained using a standardized questionnaire. We used both IDF and NCEP ATP III definitions for defining metabolic syndrome with central obesity criteria for Korean. The ‘1 meal/d’ group had a significantly higher risk of central obesity (OR: 2.03, 95% CI: 1.29‐3.22), elevated fasting glucose (OR: 2.02, 95% CI: 1.21‐3.39) and metabolic syndrome (OR of IDF definition: 2.25, 95% CI: 1.26‐4.03, OR of NCEP ATP III definition: 1.83, 95% CI: 1.06‐3.17) than ’3 meals/d’ group adjusting for age, gender, energy intake, physical activity, alcohol intake, and smoking. The results imply that reduced meal frequency might be associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome and its components.