Dietary changes in Vietnamese marriage immigrant women: The KoGES follow-up study

Hwang, Ji Yun; Lee, Hakim; Ko, Ah-Ra; Han, Chan Jung; Chung, Hye Won; Chang, Namsoo

doi:10.4162/nrp.2014.8.3.319

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“…Rather we found general inadequacy of energy and nutrient intakes with low average energy intake (1,509 kcal for men and 1,344 kcal for women) and higher proportions (30-80%) with nutrient intakes less than EAR values. These low intake levels may be associated with the abovementioned meal skipping behavior and greater food insecurity, and similar findings have been reported for other immigrant and refugee populations in South Korea [33,34]. Despite low energy and nutrient intakes, nutrient quality as determined using NQIs was relatively good and > 1 for most nutrients.…”

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Comparisons of food security, dietary behaviors and nutrient intakes between adult North Korean Refugees in South Korea and South Koreans

2020

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: North Korean refugees (NKRs) in South Korea are a unique population as they must adapt in a new country with similar cultural traits but different social, political, and economic systems, but little research has been conducted on diet and nutrition in this population. This study examined food security, dietary behaviors, and nutrient intakes among adult NKRs living in South Korea and compared them to those of South Koreans. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The subjects were 139 adult NKRs (25 men, 114 women) living in the Seoul metropolitan area, and 417 age-and sex-matched South Korean controls (SKCs; 75 men, 342 women) selected from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). Food security and dietary behaviors (meal skipping, eating-out, meals with family, nutrition education and counseling, and nutrition label knowledge and utilization) were obtained using self-administered questionnaires. Nutrient intakes were assessed by 24-hr recall. The statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS ver. 23.0. RESULTS: In South Korea, food security had improved over the previous 12 months, but remained significantly poorer for NKR women than SKC women. Meal skipping was three times more frequent than for SKCs and eating-out was rare. Average energy intake was 1,509 kcal for NKR men and 1,344 kcal for NKR women, which was lower than those of SKCs (2,412 kcal and 1,789 kcal, respectively). Significantly more NKRs (men 24.0%, women 21.9%) showed simultaneously deficient intake in energy, calcium, iron, vitamin A, and riboflavin than SKCs (men 2.7% (P = 0.003), women 7.0% (P < 0.001)). NKR women had a significantly higher index of nutrient quality (INQ) for some nutrients than SK women. CONCLUSIONS: This study reports significant differences in food security, dietary behaviors, and nutrient intakes between NKRs and SKCs. Generally, NKRs reported lower intakes despite improved food security, but relatively good INQs across nutrients. Further research is needed to understand processes of food choice and consumption among NKRs to provide appropriate support aimed at improving diets.

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Comparisons of food security, dietary behaviors and nutrient intakes between adult North Korean Refugees in South Korea and South Koreans

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“…Also, the increase in SBP and DBP might be affected by the high sodium diet characteristic of Korean traditional foods. In a previous study of Vietnamese female immigrants in Korea, the intake of total food including cereals, vegetables, and fruits as well as mean skeletal muscle mass decreased, while plasma HDL-cholesterol and serum CRP levels increased from baseline to follow-up of 28.1 months [ 15 ]. Migration of Koreans to the US results in changes in the diet and an increased risk of chronic diseases over time.…”

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“…The subjects were Vietnamese marriage-based female immigrants who voluntarily participated in the Cohort of Intermarried Women in Korea. The Cohort of Intermarried Women in Korea is an ongoing, prospective, epidemiological study that is a part of the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) established in November 2006 [ 7 15 16 17 ]. The baseline data (n = 2,875) was collected from 2006-2011, and follow-up data was collected in 2012-2014.…”

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“…Female immigrants will become an important part of the future of Korea, in addition to being wives and mothers who will likely be responsible for their families' diets, as they perform the primary role in maintaining the health of their children. Despite this importance, only one follow-up study involving Vietnamese female immigrants to Korea [ 15 ] investigated changes in their dietary intake (consumption of cereal, vegetables, fruits, and total food decreased over time, whereas consumption of milk and dairy products increased) between baseline and follow-up periods. This previous study [ 15 ] also reported changes in anthropometric and biochemical variables such as mean skeletal muscle mass decreased, plasma high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-cholesterol) increased, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) decreased at follow-up.…”

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“…Despite this importance, only one follow-up study involving Vietnamese female immigrants to Korea [ 15 ] investigated changes in their dietary intake (consumption of cereal, vegetables, fruits, and total food decreased over time, whereas consumption of milk and dairy products increased) between baseline and follow-up periods. This previous study [ 15 ] also reported changes in anthropometric and biochemical variables such as mean skeletal muscle mass decreased, plasma high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-cholesterol) increased, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) decreased at follow-up. However, the study did not investigate the association between changes in food intake and biochemical variables.…”

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Associations of dietary intake and metabolic syndrome risk parameters in Vietnamese female marriage immigrants in South Korea: The KoGES follow-up study

Yang

Kim

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVESThis study was conducted to compare the overall changes in dietary intake and metabolic syndrome risk parameters in Vietnamese marriage-based female immigrants over time.SUBJECTS/METHODSThe subjects of this study were 581 Vietnamese marriage-based female immigrants, who were recruited from local clinical centers in Korea. Baseline data were collected from 2006-2011 and the follow-up data were collected from 2012-2014. Dietary food intake was assessed by a 1-day 24-hour recall method.RESULTSCompared to the baseline, the mean body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure increased while the fasting blood sugar, triglycerides and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol decreased at follow-up. The total consumption of foods such as vegetables/fruits/seaweeds/mushrooms, oil and fat, and eggs decreased during the follow-up period, whereas the consumption of sugars, beverages and meats increased. Partial correlation between the rate of change [(Follow-up - Baseline) / Baseline × 100] in metabolic syndrome risk parameters and food intake after controlling for confounding factors showed that the waist circumference was positively correlated with either the total plant food intake (r = 0.1042, P = 0.0129) or the total food intake (r = 0.0880, P = 0.0359). The plasma levels of total cholesterol (r = -0.1918, P = 0.0289) and HDL-cholesterol (r = -0.1424, P = 0.0007) were negatively correlated with the percentage of total intake from plant food, and HDL-cholesterol levels were positively correlated with the intake of total animal food (r = 0.0980, P = 0.0217). The serum C-reactive protein levels were positively correlated with the total intake of animal food (r = 0.2374, P < 0.0001) or the percentage of total intake from animal food (r = 0.1346, P = 0.0016).CONCLUSIONSThese results suggest that the change rate of dietary intake such as total plant food or animal food is associated with the change rates of metabolic syndrome risk parameters.

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A Scoping Review of the Health of East and Southeast Asian Female Marriage Migrants

Bowers

Yeoh

2019

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Dietary changes in Vietnamese marriage immigrant women: The KoGES follow-up study

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

Comparisons of food security, dietary behaviors and nutrient intakes between adult North Korean Refugees in South Korea and South Koreans

Comparisons of food security, dietary behaviors and nutrient intakes between adult North Korean Refugees in South Korea and South Koreans

Associations of dietary intake and metabolic syndrome risk parameters in Vietnamese female marriage immigrants in South Korea: The KoGES follow-up study

A Scoping Review of the Health of East and Southeast Asian Female Marriage Migrants

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