Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1997, 181 (2)

Nutritional Evaluation of Women in Urban and Rural Areas in Korea as Studied by Total Food Duplicate Method

CHAN-SEOK MOON1, ZUO-WEN ZHANG1, YOSHIKO IMAI1, SHINICHIRO SHIMBO2, TAKAO WATANABE3, DEOG-HWAN MOON4, BYUNG-KOOK LEE5, SE-HOON LEE6 and MASAYUKI IKEDA1

1Department of Public Health Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto 606-01, 2Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto 605, 3Miyagi University of Education, Sendai 980, 4Institute of Industrial Medicine, Inje University Postgraduate School of Public Health Pusan 614-735, Korea, 5Institute of Industrial Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Chunan 330-100, Korea and 6Department of Preventive Medicine, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul 137-701, Korea

  • Nutrient intake was studied by the total food duplicate method in 141 adult working women (at the ages of 21 to 56 years) in four regions (Seoul, Pusan, Chunan and Haman) in Korea. Clinical, hematological and anthropometrical examinations were conducted in parallel. The nutrient intakes were estimated in reference to the weight of each food item and the national standard food composition tables for Korean population, and evaluated in comparison with the nationally recommended dietary allowances (RDA). The intakes were essentially sufficient when evaluated on a group basis. Plant-based foods were major sources of both protein (67%) and lipid (72%). Dinner was the most substantial sources of all nutrients. Further evaluation on an individual basis taking 80 - 120% RDA as acceptable showed that young people (at the ages of 20-29 years) and those in Seoul had highest prevalence of insufficient intake of nutrients, especially energy, protein and iron. Consumption of rice, the traditional staple food, was the lowest in Seoul and in the youngest groups as compared with others. The prevalence of overweight cases was also the lowest in the Seoul participants. The two observations when combined apparently suggest the difficulties in public nutrition.
    Key words--- energy; iron; Korean women; overweight; protein.

    Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1997, 181, 245-265
    Address for reprints: Prof. Masayuki Ikeda. Present address; Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Nishinokyo-Kitatsuboicho 67, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604, Japan.

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