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Intake Status and Recognition of Health Functional Foods by Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province

서울·경기지역 폐경 전후 여성의 건강기능성식품 섭취 실태 및 인지도 조사 연구

  • Park, Keun-Cheol (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choi, Yoon-Hye (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Woo-Rim (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choi, Ye-Ji (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Yoon, Ki Sun (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University)
  • 박근철 (경희대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 최윤혜 (경희대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김우림 (경희대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 최예지 (경희대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 윤기선 (경희대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2014.02.24
  • Accepted : 2014.05.26
  • Published : 2014.07.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate intake status and recognition of health functional foods by pre- and post-menopausal women in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Survey questions were administered to 400 women around menopausal period, and data analysis was completed using the SPSS window program. Thirty-three percent of women recognized that they are healthy, and 47.1% of respondents are concerned with maintaining their health. However, respondents showed a low level of knowledge about the definition of menopause and health functional foods. Health concerns of respondents were significantly affected by marital status and level of education (P<0.05). Purchasing and intake of health functional foods was also significantly affected by health concerns and menopause symptoms (P<0.05). Twenty-nine percent of participants had taken health functional foods to prevent disease. However, most of them (85.9%) showed no knowledge of the main components of functional foods. In addition, knowledge associated with menopause and functional foods was affected by the level of education. The respondents' health concern, and thus purchase and intake frequencies of health functional foods, were affected by level of education. 'Effect of functional foods' was a top priority when respondents purchased health functional foods. The respondents answered black bean and pomegranate as foods that relieve menopause symptoms. However, they actually showed high intake frequency of black beans than pomegranate due to the high accessibility of black beans. The results of this study show that educational support for dietary guidelines is needed for middle-aged woman to be healthy after menopause.

본 연구는 대도시 폐경기 중년 여성의 건강기능성식품에 대한 인지도 및 섭취 실태를 파악하여 향후 폐경기 전후 여성들을 위해 필요한 정보 제공 및 교육에 기초 자료를 제공하고자 실시되었으며 중요한 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 폐경기 전후 중년 여성들은 자신의 건강 상태를 비교적 양호한 것으로 지각하고 있으며, 폐경 및 건강기능성식품에 대한 인식문항에서는 임신가능성 여부 및 폐경기 증상에 대해서는 높은 지식수준을 보였지만 폐경의 정의 및 건강 관련 사항에 대해서는 대부분 잘 모르는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 건강기능성식품에 대한 지식의 정답률은 48.7%로 지식수준이 높지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 건강기능성식품을 구매 또는 섭취한 경험이 있는 사람은 83.7%로 나타났고 구입처는 타인의 소개(35.0%)와 약국 병원(27.8%)이 가장 많았으며 건강기능성식품의 주요 섭취 이유는 질병 예방(29.6%), 영양소 보충(20.3%), 피로 회복(16.0%) 순으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 조사대상자인 폐경기 전후의 중년 여성들은 건강기능성식품을 구매할 때 효과를 가장 중요하게 생각하고 있으며, 일반 건강기능성식품의 경우 구매 또는 섭취한 경험이 있는 사람이 83.7%로 높게 나타났지만 폐경기 증상 완화를 위한 건강기능성식품의 경우 구입한 경험이 없는 대상자가 65.9%로 더 많았다. 또한 섭취한 건강기능성식품의 성분을 조금 알고 있는 대상자(56.4%)가 가장 많았고 모르는 대상자(25.5%)가 그 뒤를 이어 건강기능의 성분에 대한 지식이 매우 부족한 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 건강관심도에 따라서 건강기능식품의 구매빈도 및 섭취빈도, 폐경기 증상 완화를 위한 건강기능성식품 구매 및 섭취 여부에 유의한 차이를 보였다. 또한 폐경 증상 완화를 위해 콩 제품에 대한 인지도가 가장 높았으며 실제 섭취도 가장 많이 하는 것으로 나타났다. 폐경기 전후의 중년 여성들을 대상으로 실시한 본 연구 결과를 종합해 보면 이제는 사회에서 폐경을 맞는 여성들을 대상으로 교육을 실시하여 폐경에 대한 정확한 정보를 전달하고 폐경 후의 생활을 건강하게 보낼 수 있도록 정보제공 및 교육적 지원이 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

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