Korean J Community Nutr.  2014 Feb;19(1):41-50. 10.5720/kjcn.2014.19.1.41.

Diet-Related Behaviors and Food Preference of Indonesian

• Park CY
• Han SN

• KMID: 2267759
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2014.19.1.41

Abstract

As Korea is moving toward multicultural society, the number of Muslim, whose religion has a great influence on diet-related behaviors, is increasing in Korea. Since the number of immigrants from Indonesia ranks within top ten in Korea and Indonesia is one of the most representative Islamic countries in Asia, understanding the diet-related behaviors and food preferences of Indonesians is needed. This study was conducted to investigate diet-related behaviors, factors affecting the diet-related perceptions, and food preferences of the Indonesians. The subjects included 500 Indonesians dwelling in Jakarta, Indonesia. About ninety % of the subjects in this study were Muslims. They did not eat pork and dog meat for religious reason and they practiced fasting during Ramadan period. Indonesians avoided pineapple, durian, and hot foods during pregnancy and usually ate vegetables and fruits after birth, which seemed to be due to sociocultural influence. Among the subjects, 21.5% were obese and major health problems reported were hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Their preference for fried food items might have contributed to health problems. Subjects had meals mostly at home (2.3 times/day) and dined out occasionally (1.2 times/ week) at Indonesian restaurants (56.6%) or family restaurants (21.0%). In conclusion, Indonesians had home-based and native food-oriented dietary life with strong religious and sociocultural influence on food choices. Further research on specific nutrient intake analysis is needed to better understand and to improve dietary life of Indonesians in Korea.

Keyword

Indonesian Muslim; diet-related behavior; food preference; dietary life

MeSH Terms

Ananas
Animals
Asia
Bombacaceae
Dogs
Emigrants and Immigrants
Fasting
Food Preferences*
Fruit
Humans
Hyperlipidemias
Hypertension
Indonesia
Islam
Korea
Meals
Meat
Parturition
Pregnancy
Restaurants
Vegetables

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