The Effects of Dietary Habits and Food Stability Awareness on Diabetes in South Korea

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the effects of dietary habits and food stability awareness on diabetes in South Korea. This study used the data from the Korea Health Statistics 2014: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) VI-2, which were disclosed in 2015. The data from 4, 374 persons were analyzed, with the exception of those who were in the group aged ≤20 years, who made no response, and who had missing values. The analysis was performed using an SPSS for Windows program 12.0 Version. As for the dietary conditions, the group lacking food intake sometimes had diabetes diagnosis status affected (p<.05). As for the dietary habits, the negative answers to dietary conditions, experience of being concerned about food intake, experience of poor dietary balance, and experience of skipping a meal were associated with lower levels of food stability (p<.001). As for the associations between diabetes treatment and food stability, diabetes treatment status (β=-.221, t=-2.299, p<.05), insulin injection (β=.044, t=2.366, p<.05), and antidiabetic medication (β=.263, t=2.831, p<.01) affected food stability (p<.05) (p<.01). Dietary habits affected poor dietary balance, experience of skipping a meal, food stability, diabetes diagnosis, and diabetes treatment. on the basis of these results, it is necessary to improve health programs with the objective of maintaining a healthy life by treating diabetes and by improving food stability.