Relationship between Obesity and Lifestyle Factors in Young Korean Women: the Seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016

Jeon Won Kwak; Chan Hee Jeon; Min Ho Kwak; Jeong Hyeon Kim; Yong Soon Park

doi:10.15384/kjhp.2019.19.1.9

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Kwak, Jeon, Kwak, Kim, and Park: Relationship between Obesity and Lifestyle Factors in Young Korean Women: the Seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016

Original Article

Korean Journal of Health Promotion 2019;19(1):9-15.

Published online: March 31, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15384/kjhp.2019.19.1.9

Relationship between Obesity and Lifestyle Factors in Young Korean Women: the Seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016

Jeon Won Kwak¹, Chan Hee Jeon¹, Min Ho Kwak², Jeong Hyeon Kim¹, Yong Soon Park¹

¹Department of Family Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.

²Department of Educational Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.

Corresponding author: Yong Soon Park, MD, MPH, PhD. Department of Family Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 77 Sakju-ro, Chuncheon 24253, Korea.
Tel: +82-33-240-5311, Fax: +82-33-240-5440, pyongs@hanmail.net

Received January 05, 2019 Revised January 29, 2019 Accepted February 11, 2019

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ABSTRACT

Background

The purpose of this study was to examine whether lifestyle-related factors are associated with obesity in a selected sample of young Korean women.

Methods

This cross-sectional study involved 822 women aged 19–39 years who participated in the Seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2016. Obesity status was defined as general and abdominal obesity. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between lifestyle-related factors and obesity status.

Results

The prevalence of obesity was 20.3% for general obesity and 17.4% for abdominal obesity. There were negative associations between the energy intake/body weight ratio and general and abdominal obesity. High-risk drinking was significantly associated with general obesity (adjusted odds ratio, 1.747; 95% confidence interval, 1.112–2.745), but was not associated with abdominal obesity.

Conclusions

Among young Korean women aged 19–39 years, high-risk drinking may be a risk factor for general obesity.

Keywords: Obesity, Health behavior, Alcohol drinking, Women, KNHANES

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