Korean J Community Nutr.  2003 Aug;8(4):477-484.

Nutrient Intakes and Obesity-Related Factors of Obese Children and the Effect of Nutrition Education Program

• Choi HJ
• Seo JS

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate nutrient intakes and obesity-related factors of obese children by interviewing the subjects aged from 11 to 13 in Daegu. The collected data were consisted of items on general characteristics, dietary behavior, nutrition knowledge and daily nutrient intakes of subjects. The subjects were classified into obese and non-obese control groups according to their relative weights. Frequency of skipping breakfast and eating rate of obese group were significantly higher than those of control group. There was no significant difference between obese and control group in the nutrition knowledge score. Except vitamins B1, B2 and iron, the average daily intakes of other nutrients in obese were greater than control group. The most contributing factor to BMI turned out to be cholesterol intake. After the nutrition education targeting obese children, their nutrition knowledge scores improved, but the dietary behavior score was not significantly changed. Therefore, childhood obesity may be prevented by continuous education programs including the behavior modification of obese children.

Keyword

nutrients intake; obese; children nutrition education; BMI

MeSH Terms

Behavior Therapy
Breakfast
Child*
Cholesterol
Daegu
Eating
Education*
Humans
Iron
Pediatric Obesity
Vitamins
Weights and Measures
Cholesterol
Iron
Vitamins