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Traditional v. modified dietary patterns and their influence on adolescents' nutritional profile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

YoonJu Song ,
Hyojee Joung ,
Katrin Engelhardt ,
Sun Young Yoo  and
Hee Young Paik
YoonJu Song
Affiliation:
Human Ecology Research Center, Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Hyojee Joung*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Public Health & Research Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, 28 Yungun-dong, Chongro-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea
Katrin Engelhardt
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Public Health & Research Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, 28 Yungun-dong, Chongro-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea
Sun Young Yoo
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Hee Young Paik
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
*
*Corresponding author: Dr Hyojee Joung, fax +82 2 745 9104, email hjjoung@snu.ac.kr
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Abstract

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Korea has experienced exceptionally rapid economic developments. Even though the country has managed to maintain aspects of its traditional diet, dietary habits are changing, especially among adolescents. This study was carried out to identify prevailing dietary patterns among Korean adolescents and to compare the nutrient intakes and dietary behaviours between the patterns. A 3 d diet record, collected from 671 Korean adolescents aged 12–14 years in Seoul, Korea, was assessed. By cluster analysis, subjects were classified into a modified (69·9 %) and a traditional (30·1 %) dietary pattern group. The modified group consumed more bread, noodles, cookies and pizza/hamburgers compared with the traditional group, which consumed mainly rice and kimchi (fermented cabbage). The modified group had significantly higher intakes of all nutrients. It had a higher total daily energy intake (7719 kJ), a higher daily energy intake from fat (29·8 %) and a higher cholesterol intake (326 mg/d), compared with the traditional group (6686 kJ, 24·8 % and 244 mg/d, respectively). The modified group was more likely to consume fast foods, fried foods and carbonated beverages even though they consumed more fresh fruits and milk, while the traditional group was more likely to have a rice-based diet and not to skip breakfast. These results suggest that monitoring dietary behaviours of adolescents, especially in a society experiencing a nutrition transition, is necessary in order to identify both negative and positive changes in respect of risk factors for nutrition-related chronic diseases as well as for undernutrition.

Keywords

KoreaAdolescentsDietary patternsCluster analysis
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 93 , Issue 6 , June 2005 , pp. 943 - 949
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2005

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