Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
ResearchOriginal ResearchFrequency of Consumption of Whole Fruit, Not Fruit Juice, Is Associated with Reduced Prevalence of Obesity in Korean Adults
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Study Design and Subjects
The KNHANES is a cross-sectional, nationwide survey conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The KNHANES recruits a representative sample of noninstitutionalized Koreans based on a complex, multistage probability sampling design and has three components: health interview, health examination, and nutrition survey.21
Participants in this study were Korean adults aged 19 to 64 years who participated in the 2012-2015 KNHANES (n=24,327). Participants with incomplete
Results
The distribution of frequencies of whole fruit consumption and fruit juice consumption is shown in Figure 1. The percentage of participants who consumed whole fruit ≥1 time/day was 32.6%, whereas the percentage of participants who consumed fruit juice rarely was 52.3%.
The general characteristics of study participants according to frequency of whole fruit and fruit juice consumption are shown in Table 2. Whole fruit was more frequently consumed by women than by men, whereas fruit juice was more
Discussion
In this large-scale cross-sectional study based on a national survey of Koreans, frequency of consumption of whole fruit was inversely associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome abnormalities. However, frequency of fruit juice consumption was not associated with obesity, abdominal obesity, and metabolic syndrome.
Because people tend to consume whole fruits, fruit juice, or both daily, differentiating between the effects of whole fruit and fruit juice is difficult. Therefore, in the present
Conclusions
Frequency of whole fruit consumption was associated with reduced prevalence of obesity as well as metabolic syndrome abnormalities among Korean adults with average total sugar intake within the recommended range. Frequency of fruit juice consumption was not associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome.
A. Choi is a master's student, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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A. Choi is a master's student, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
K. Ha is a doctoral student, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
H. Joung is a professor, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Y. Song is an associate professor, Major of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Ecology, The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Supplementary materials: Tables 1 and 6 are available at www.jandonline.org
STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
FUNDING/SUPPORT This study was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2017R1A2B1008420).
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS A. Choi analyzed all the data. A. Choi and Y. Song wrote the first draft. K. Ha and H. Joung critically revised the manuscript and provided essential comments. Y. Song supervised all the work and had primary responsibility for the final content. All authors reviewed and commented on subsequent drafts of the manuscript.