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Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey

OBJECTIVES: To identify and evaluate the trend of meal-skipping rates among Korean adolescents with their contributing causes and the influence of household income level on meal skipping. METHODS: Using 2008, 2010, and 2012 data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey of 222 662 students...

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Autores principales: Hong, Seri, Bae, Hong Chul, Kim, Hyun Soo, Park, Eun-Cheol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4050213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24921019
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2014.47.3.158
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author Hong, Seri
Bae, Hong Chul
Kim, Hyun Soo
Park, Eun-Cheol
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Bae, Hong Chul
Kim, Hyun Soo
Park, Eun-Cheol
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description OBJECTIVES: To identify and evaluate the trend of meal-skipping rates among Korean adolescents with their contributing causes and the influence of household income level on meal skipping. METHODS: Using 2008, 2010, and 2012 data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey of 222 662 students, a cross-sectional study with subgroup analysis was performed. We calculated odds ratios for skipping each meal 5 or more times in a week by household socio-economic status using a multiple logistic regression model. The secular change in the meal-skipping rates by the students' family affluence scale was analyzed by comparing the meal-skipping students within each subgroup and odds ratios for the same event over time. RESULTS: Through 2008 to 2012, most of the meal-skipping rates generally showed a continuous increase or were almost unchanged in both sexes, except for breakfast skipping in several subgroups. Students in low-income households not living with both parents had the highest meal-skipping rates and odds ratios for frequent meal skipping. In a time-series subgroup analysis, the overall odds ratios for the same event increased during 2008 to 2012, with a slight reduction in the gap between low and higher income levels with regard to meal skipping during 2010 to 2012. CONCLUSIONS: Household socio-economic status and several other factors had a significant influence on Korean adolescent meal-skipping rates. Although the gap in eating behavior associated with household socio-economic differences is currently decreasing, further study and appropriate interventions are needed.
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spelling pubmed-40502132014-06-11 Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey Hong, Seri Bae, Hong Chul Kim, Hyun Soo Park, Eun-Cheol J Prev Med Public Health Original Article OBJECTIVES: To identify and evaluate the trend of meal-skipping rates among Korean adolescents with their contributing causes and the influence of household income level on meal skipping. METHODS: Using 2008, 2010, and 2012 data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey of 222 662 students, a cross-sectional study with subgroup analysis was performed. We calculated odds ratios for skipping each meal 5 or more times in a week by household socio-economic status using a multiple logistic regression model. The secular change in the meal-skipping rates by the students' family affluence scale was analyzed by comparing the meal-skipping students within each subgroup and odds ratios for the same event over time. RESULTS: Through 2008 to 2012, most of the meal-skipping rates generally showed a continuous increase or were almost unchanged in both sexes, except for breakfast skipping in several subgroups. Students in low-income households not living with both parents had the highest meal-skipping rates and odds ratios for frequent meal skipping. In a time-series subgroup analysis, the overall odds ratios for the same event increased during 2008 to 2012, with a slight reduction in the gap between low and higher income levels with regard to meal skipping during 2010 to 2012. CONCLUSIONS: Household socio-economic status and several other factors had a significant influence on Korean adolescent meal-skipping rates. Although the gap in eating behavior associated with household socio-economic differences is currently decreasing, further study and appropriate interventions are needed. The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2014-05 2014-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4050213/ /pubmed/24921019 http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2014.47.3.158 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hong, Seri
Bae, Hong Chul
Kim, Hyun Soo
Park, Eun-Cheol
Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey
title Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey
title_full Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey
title_fullStr Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey
title_full_unstemmed Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey
title_short Variation in Meal-skipping Rates of Korean Adolescents According to Socio-economic Status: Results of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey
title_sort variation in meal-skipping rates of korean adolescents according to socio-economic status: results of the korea youth risk behavior web-based survey
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4050213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24921019
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2014.47.3.158
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