Association between Use of Nutritional Labeling and the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components

Hyung-sub Jin, Eun-bee Choi, Minseo Kim, Sarah Soyeon Oh and Sung-In Jang
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Hyung-sub Jin: Medical Courses, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Eun-bee Choi: Medical Courses, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Minseo Kim: Medical Courses, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Sarah Soyeon Oh: Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
Sung-In Jang: Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-16

Abstract: In this study, we looked into the association between the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and nutritional label awareness. This study used data from the Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (KNHANES) for the years 2007 to 2015. The study population consisted of a total of 41,667 Koreans of which 11,401 (27.4%) were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome and 30,266 (72.6%) were not. Groups not using nutritional labeling had a 24% increase in odds risk (OR: 1.24, 95% CI 1.14–1.35) of MetS compared to groups using nutritional labeling. Use of nutritional labeling was associated with all components of MetS. Central obesity showed the highest increase in odds risk (OR: 1.23, 95% CI 1.13–1.35) and high blood pressure showed the lowest increase in odds risk (OR: 1.11, 95% CI 1.02–1.20). Subgroup analysis revealed that statistically significant factors were smoking status, drinking status and stress status. Groups that smoke, groups that do not drink and groups with high stress were more vulnerable to MetS when not using nutritional labeling. People not using food labels tends to develop metabolic syndromes more than people using foods labels. In the subgroup analysis, drinking status, smoking status and stress status were significant factors.

Keywords: metabolic syndrome; nutritional labeling; Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey; smoking; drinking; stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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