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Changes of Food Insecurity in Vietnamese Female Marriage Immigrants in South Korea: the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)
Author(s) -
Yang Hyesu,
Kim Hyesook,
Chung Hyewon,
Chang Namsoo
Publication year - 2015
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.29.1_supplement.585.4
Subject(s) - vietnamese , immigration , food insecurity , baseline (sea) , environmental health , medicine , demography , psychology , geography , food security , political science , sociology , law , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , agriculture
Food insecurity due to economic problems, difficulty in adjusting to Korean food as well as limited access to Vietnamese foods may be the major reasons for decrease in dietary intake after the arrival of Vietnamese immigrants in Korea. This study was conducted to compare changes in food insecurity between baseline(2010) and follow‐up(2013) in 145 Vietnamese female(mean age: 24.5 years) marriage immigrants in Korea. Four food insecurity questions focusing on economic reasons and lack of adjustment to unfamiliar Korean foods were asked through face to face interviews. During the baseline survey, about 28.7% of subjects skipped meals, because they lacked enough money for food during the previous year, however it decreased to 4.9% at follow‐up. About 32.0% and 27.1% of them at baseline felt hungry or skipped meals, because there was no food that they wanted to eat or no food for their appetite at home in the last year. However, it decreased to 9.9% and 4.2% at follow‐up, respectively. Our results indicate a need for nutritional support programs for immigrant Vietnamese females in Korea. [This work was supported by the Research Program funded by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(2010‐E71002‐00, 2013‐E71002‐00) and the BK 21 Plus.)