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Gender analysis of dishes with high contribution of energy and nutrient intakes among Korean adults
Author(s) -
Kang Minji,
Lee Jung Eun,
Shim Jae Eun,
Paik HeeYoung
Publication year - 2017
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.31.1_supplement.955.4
Subject(s) - demography , nutrient , national health and nutrition examination survey , gerontology , medicine , psychology , environmental health , biology , population , ecology , sociology
Although differences in food preferences and food choices between men and women were observed, gender differences have been considered scarcely during the development of food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). We previously reported that only 2.5% of the FFQs have been developed in a gender‐specific way in dish item selection.1) We aim to proceed to develop gender‐specific FFQs to compare the selection of dish items between men and women. We investigated the gender differences in a list of dish items with high contribution of energy and 15 nutrients. The study used one day 24h recall data of 7,952 participants (n=3,250 for men; n=4,702 for women) aged 19–64 years who participated in the 2013–2014 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). Dish items were selected by analyzing contribution to absolute intake and variability in energy and 15 nutrient intakes. Dish items covering more than 80% of between‐person variation in each nutrient intake were chosen separately among three groups; men and women combined, men, and women. The numbers of dish items selected were 133 in men and women combined, 126 in men, and 153 in women. Compared to 133‐dish items selected in men and women combined, 15‐dish items (11.9%) from the list of men and 30‐dish items (19.6%) from the list of women were not included. These results indicate that developing FFQ without considering gender may produce erroneous results of dietary assessment, possibly with larger errors in women. Further studies are warranted. Support or Funding Information This research was supported by Support Program for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Grant no. 2016H1C3A1903202).