Affiliation:
1. Department of Food & Nutrition, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul 01133, Republic of Korea
2. Healthcare Data Science Center, Bio-Medical Informatics, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
3. Research Institute of Obesity Science, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul 01133, Republic of Korea
Abstract
To research the health and nutritional status in Korean children and adolescents belonging to food insecure households (FI), the preregistered secondary data of 18 items from the Food Security Evaluation in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES; 2012–2019) were used. Comparative analyses (food security group [FS], (n = 3150) vs. FI, (n = 405) of household characteristics, health status (anthropometrics, clinics, mentality), and nutritional status (nutrient intake, diet-quality, and pattern) were performed in children (boys: 1871, girls: 1684) aged 10–18 years. The FI comprised higher proportions of participants from low-income families, basic livelihood-security recipients, and vulnerability (characteristics: female household heads, aged ≥50, single, unemployed, with low education and unmet healthcare needs). Compared to FS, boys had higher abdominal obesity and alcohol use, whereas girls had lower high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc) and mental vulnerability (self-perceived obesity despite FS-similar anthropometry) in FI. Inadequate protein intake among boys and girls, and high carbohydrate and inadequate fat intake among girls were especially found in the FI status. From the results of a nutrition quality test, Vit-A in boys, and protein, niacin, and iron intakes in girls were insufficient, respectively. Health-nutritional policies to improve children’s lifestyles should reinforce FI-based intake of deficient nutrients.
Funder
Agriculture Science & Technology Development
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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