Dietary fat intake of Japanese male children and its associated factors: Results of the 1995 National Nutrition Survey in Japan
Minako Koga, Kohta Suzuki, Yasuhisa Takeda, Naoki Kondo, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Shigenori Oguri, Akira Okayama, Hiroshi Yanagawa, Zentaro Yamagata
Department of Health Economics and Epidemiology Research, University of Tokyo School of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yama- nashi, Japan.
Department of International Medical Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Bunkyo University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Yamanashi, Japan.
Takao-Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
The First Institute for Health Promotion and Health Care, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association [JATA], Tokyo, Japan.
DOI: 10.4236/health.2012.412A202   PDF    HTML     4,160 Downloads   6,397 Views  

Abstract

Aim: To clarify the factors associated with reported dietary fat intake by Japanese male children. Methods: This study is based on the data of a nationally representative cross-sectional study in Japan. Three hundred and seventy-seven male children (age, 6 - 11 years) whose households were sampled in the 1995 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions of the People on Health and Welfare, and the 1995 National Nutrition Survey and whose parents were identified through record linkage between the 2 survey data sets were enrolled. Results: The final dataset in this study consisted of 377 boys with 329 of their parents. Fifty-two boys were found to be overweight (13.8%). The reported dietary fat intake was higher among the overweight boys than among the non-overweight boys. Maternal obesity was significantly associated with obesity in male children. Boys who frequently consumed foods from the “fats and lipids” group and the “meat” groups, and children from nuclear families rather than 3- generation families reported high dietary fat intake. In addition, parental fat intake was also significantly associated with fat intake of male children. Conclusions: Child and parental dietary habits along with the household status should be considered when implementing nutritional education programmes to control dietary fat intake and reduce the obesity risks of male children.

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Koga, M. , Suzuki, K. , Takeda, Y. , Kondo, N. , Matsumura, Y. , Oguri, S. , Okayama, A. , Yanagawa, H. and Yamagata, Z. (2012) Dietary fat intake of Japanese male children and its associated factors: Results of the 1995 National Nutrition Survey in Japan. Health, 4, 1396-1404. doi: 10.4236/health.2012.412A202.

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