Open AccessChocolate consumption and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the Korean adult population: an analysis based on the 2014-2016 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Author(s) -
NaRae Kim,
Min-Sun Jeon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nutrition research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.506
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-6168
pISSN - 1976-1457
DOI - 10.4162/nrp.2021.15.1.80
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , metabolic syndrome , environmental health , confidence interval , odds ratio , quartile , consumption (sociology) , dyslipidemia , obesity , population , food science , social science , sociology , chemistry
Recent studies have reported chocolate consumption has beneficial effects on blood pressure, obesity, and dyslipidemia, which are components of metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, evidence regarding these relationships in Asia is limited. The aim of this study was to investigate relations between chocolate consumption and MetS in Korea.