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A Study on Perception and Usage Status on Health Functional Foods in Women according to Menopause Status

OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to provide a reference base for suggesting proper guidelines for the health of the people by analyzing perception and intake pattern on health functional foods and by identifying needs in pre- and postmenopausal women. METHODS: We conducted a self-administered su...

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Autores principales: Lim, Heesook, Kim, Tae-Hee, Lee, Hae-Hyeog
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Menopause 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27152310
http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.20
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Lee, Hae-Hyeog
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description OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to provide a reference base for suggesting proper guidelines for the health of the people by analyzing perception and intake pattern on health functional foods and by identifying needs in pre- and postmenopausal women. METHODS: We conducted a self-administered survey in women admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a university hospital between July and August, 2014. The survey questionnaire consisted of 8 items on general characteristics, 4 items on awareness on health functional foods, and 16 items on usage status. RESULTS: Of all 133 women with ages ranging between 19 to 67 years, postmenopausal women were 57 accounting for 42.9% of all subjects. Mean age was 55.4 ± 6.2 and menopausal age was 49.6 ± 4.3 in the postmenopause group. Mean age was 38.7 ± 9.0 in the postmenopause group. With respect to components of health functional foods, 76.3% of women answered "important" in the postmenopause group, significantly higher than 49.1% in the postmenopause group (P < 0.01). In regard to price, those who answered "important" accounted for the largest percentage in the premenopausal group at 56.6%, and those who answered "moderately important" accounted for 57.9% in the postmenopausal women. A significant difference was found between the two groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Development of products reflecting consumer needs can be considered. It is important to foster an environment allowing individuals to choose right health functional foods and further studies are warranted.
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spelling pubmed-48546562016-05-05 A Study on Perception and Usage Status on Health Functional Foods in Women according to Menopause Status Lim, Heesook Kim, Tae-Hee Lee, Hae-Hyeog J Menopausal Med Original Article OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to provide a reference base for suggesting proper guidelines for the health of the people by analyzing perception and intake pattern on health functional foods and by identifying needs in pre- and postmenopausal women. METHODS: We conducted a self-administered survey in women admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a university hospital between July and August, 2014. The survey questionnaire consisted of 8 items on general characteristics, 4 items on awareness on health functional foods, and 16 items on usage status. RESULTS: Of all 133 women with ages ranging between 19 to 67 years, postmenopausal women were 57 accounting for 42.9% of all subjects. Mean age was 55.4 ± 6.2 and menopausal age was 49.6 ± 4.3 in the postmenopause group. Mean age was 38.7 ± 9.0 in the postmenopause group. With respect to components of health functional foods, 76.3% of women answered "important" in the postmenopause group, significantly higher than 49.1% in the postmenopause group (P < 0.01). In regard to price, those who answered "important" accounted for the largest percentage in the premenopausal group at 56.6%, and those who answered "moderately important" accounted for 57.9% in the postmenopausal women. A significant difference was found between the two groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Development of products reflecting consumer needs can be considered. It is important to foster an environment allowing individuals to choose right health functional foods and further studies are warranted. The Korean Society of Menopause 2016-04 2016-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4854656/ /pubmed/27152310 http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.20 Text en Copyright © 2016 by The Korean Society of Menopause http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27152310
http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.20
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