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KMID : 0381019920250030264
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Korean Journal of Nutrition
1992 Volume.25 No. 3 p.264 ~ p.274
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A Study on the Nutrient Supplements Usage and Related Factors in Seoul, Korea
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Abstract
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The tendency of taking supplements as the means of promoting health status has been increasing. This research was performed to reveal the influence of nutritional knowledge and health-consciousness on taking-supplements and to reveal that of
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characteristics and related factors. The data were obtained by self-administering questionnaire and study population was adults aged 18-81 years living in Secul (N=1300). The overall response rate was 70% (N=910).
@ES the result can be summarized as follows:
@EN 1) A substantial percentage(82.5%) of the subjects used some kinds of nutrient supplements. Forty nine percent of respondents used both drug type supplements and food type supplements.
2) The main reasons for taking supplements were ; 'to prevent illness and to treat illness' and 'to recover from fatigue and to give me energy' The main reason for not-taking was 'Because I am Healthy'.
3) The factors influencing on taking supplements were sex, marital status, disease, exercise, recognition of knowledge and health-consciousness. When the confounders of health-consciousness, recognition of knowledge, and self-estimated score
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controlled, there were significant correlations between health-consciousness and taking-supplements.
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