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KMID : 0123420080130010001
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2008 Volume.13 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.12
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Comparison of Dietary Behaviors Related to Sodium Intake by Gender and Age
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Park Young-Sook
Son Sook-Mee
Lim Hwa-Jae
Kim Sook-Bae
Jeong Yeon-Seon
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Abstract
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This study was performed to understand recognition and behaviors related to sodium intake of Korean adults. The data
were collected from subjects including 267 male and 285 female adults in nationwide and compared by gender and
by age. We found that the male group showed significantly higher smoking, alcohol drinking, and exercise does the
female group. The older group (40 to 59 years) revealed significantly higher exercise and lower alcohol drinking;
however general disease and hypertension prevalence, diet therapy practice, and meditation for hypertension were
higher. Recognizing sodium levels of foods containing high-sodium, and sodium-nutriture labels when purchasing
foods, and knowing differences between salt and sodium of the male group or recognizing sodium levels of foods
containing high-sodium of the older group was worse than the other. Among the 32 food behaviors, only 12 were
identified as significantly correlated to sodium intake levels including behaviors of preferring Chinese and Japanese
foods to Western foods, preferring kimchi to raw vegetables, completely consuming soup, stew, noodle liquid, liking
of dried fish and salted mackerel, frequent eat-outs or delivered foods, and so forth. There were significant differences
between gender or age groups in terms of sodium intake-increasing behaviors; the male group showed higher
behaviors of preferring salty taste and eating all broths. And the older group revealed higher behavior of adding table
salt as well as the previous two, however, the younger group showed more behaviors of eat-outs or delivered foods
and not the liquid of kimchi. (Korean J Community Nutrition 13(1) : 1~12, 2008)
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KEYWORD
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sodium level, sodium-nutriture labels, Na intake-increasing behavior, Na intake-reducing behavior
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