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    Korean J Nutr. 2012 Oct;45(5):479-488. Korean.
    Published online Oct 31, 2012.
    https://doi.org/10.4163/kjn.2012.45.5.479
    © 2012 The Korean Nutrition Society
    Original Article

    Comparison of nutritional status by energy level of night snack in Korean adults: using the data from 2005 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Yoonsuk Suh,1 Eun-kyoung Lee,1 and Young-Jin Chung2
      • 1Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
      • 2Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
    • To whom correspondence should be addressed. (Email: yjchung@cnu.ac.kr )
    Received June 20, 2012; Revised July 08, 2012; Accepted September 07, 2012.

    This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Abstract

    This study aims to investigate the nutritional status of night eaters using the data from 2005 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. A total of 3,903 subjects aged 20 and above were divided into 3 groups by using 24-hr recall data according to the night snack calorie intake: non-night snack, night snack less than 500 kcal and 500 kcal and more. Their data were analyzed to find out the difference on the socio-demographic, anthropometric, blood pressure, blood parameters and dietary characteristics. Among the subjects, non-night eaters were 66.0%, night eaters of less than 500 kcal were 28.4% and 500 kcal and above were 5.6%. Male adults, young-aged, higher educated, higher income earner, breakfast skipper and frequent dine-outer (3 times and more a day) were found more in the night eaters with 500 kcal and above. Night eaters above 500 kcal showed higher waist circumference, Glu-FBS, Glu-PP120 and also showed higher daily intake of fat and alcohol per 1,000 kcal and food groups of meat & eggs, beverages and alcohol drinks (p < 0.05), while they showed the lowest carbohydrate energy ratio of 58.3 ± 13.7 among the three groups. These results suggest that habitual night snack intake above 500 kcal could lead to abdominal obesity and diabetes due to higher intake of meat, fat and alcohol.

    Keywords
    night snack; night snack calories; night eaters; nutritional status; blood parameters; Korean adults

    Tables

    Table 1
    General characteristics of the subjects by night snack calorie intake

    Table 2
    Anthropometric characteristics of the subjects by night snack calorie intake and their correlation coefficients

    Table 3
    Distribution of body mass index by night snack calorie intake

    Table 4
    Blood pressure and concentration of blood parameters of the subjects by night snack calorie intake and their correlation coefficients

    Table 5
    Dietary behaviors of the subjects by night snack calorie intake

    Table 6
    Monthly frequency of food group intake by night snack calorie intake of the subjects and their correlation coefficients

    Table 7
    Daily mean nutrients intake per 1,000 kcal by night snack calorie intake of the subjects and their correlation coefficients

    Table 8
    Acceptable macronutrient distribution range by night snack calorie intake of the subjects

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    MeSH Terms
    Adult
    Aged
    Beverages
    Blood Pressure
    Breakfast
    Eggs
    Humans
    Male
    Meat
    Nutrition Surveys
    Nutritional Status
    Obesity, Abdominal
    Ovum
    Snacks
    Waist Circumference
    Metrics
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