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Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use in Korean Children and Adolescents: Insights from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2009

  • Yoon, Ji Ye (Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Hyun Ah (Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Jae Heon (Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kyung Woo (Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hur, Yang Im (Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Jin Joo (Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Ran (Department of Pediatrics, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hyun Hye (Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine)
  • Published : 2012.05.01
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of dietary supplement (DS) use in Korean children and adolescents and to examine the related factors associated with DS use from the 4th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Total 6,131 participants aged between 2 and 18 yr were included in the analysis. We estimated the prevalence of DS use mainly from the DS questionnaire data of the Nutrition Survey. Reported supplements were classified according to the Health Functional Food Code. We also assessed the relationship between DS use and anthropometry, socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, and chronic diseases. Approximately 34% of Korean children and adolescent was taking DS. Younger age (P = 0.003), higher household income (P < 0.001), presence of chronic diseases (P = 0.05), regular meal consumption (P = 0.002), frequent snack consumption (P = 0.001), and normal body mass index rather than overweight (P = 0.10) or obesity (P = 0.03) were associated with the DS use after adjustment for related factors. Vitamin/mineral supplements (343.5/103 persons) were the most commonly taken DS in Korean children and adolescents, followed by Omega-3 (28.8), ginseng (18.3), colostrums (14.1) and chlorella/spirulina (10.0). In conclusion, DS use is common as much as in 34% of Korean children and adolescents and is associated with age, household income level, chronic diseases, meal regularity, and obesity status.

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