Nutrition Labeling Usage Influences Blood Markers in Body-Size Self-Conscious Individuals: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2013–2018

Abstract

This study analyzed the effects of nutrition labeling and examined whether nutrition labeling usage influences the levels of blood markers, such as high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) in body-size self-conscious individuals. The dependent variables were HDL-C and TG; the independent variables were the respondents’ awareness of nutrition labeling use, sociodemographic factors, perceived health status, stress, lifestyle, frequency of eating out, family history of hyperlipidemia, survey year, body mass index, total energy intake, and cholesterol levels. Body-size perception was assessed by matching body mass index with subjective body-shape recognition using data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013–2018). Differences were observed in HDL-C and TG levels according to nutrition labeling usage and body-image perception. The group that recognized body image correctly showed high HDL-C and low TG levels when they actively used nutrition labeling, whereas the group that recognized body image incorrectly showed no significant changes in HDL-C and TG levels even when actively using nutrition labeling. The standard nutritional information, which does not consider individual body-size perceptions, has a restrictive effect. Policies should be developed towards tailored intervention strategies considering individual body-size perception.

Association between Use of Nutrition Labels and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2008–2019

“…Furthermore, a recent large meta-analysis of 18 prospective cohort studies involving 630,108 adults reported that a healthy dietary pattern is associated with 30% and 23% lower risk of CKD and albuminuria, a marker of kidney damage [25], respectively. Our current findings on CKD extend the increasing populationbased evidence supporting the health benefits of nutrition labeling for prevention and management of CKD in addition to diet-related chronic diseases [26,51,[60][61][62][63][64][65][66].…”

“…Since the inception of nutrition labeling in the late 1980s, the majority of previous studies examining nutrition labels have primarily focused on demonstrating their impact on healthier dietary behavior [56] and improvements of diet quality [57][58][59][60]. Relatively few epidemiologic studies have examined the disease risk associated with the use of nutrition labels [26,51,[60][61][62][63][64][65][66], and most examined associations with metabolic conditions [60,[63][64][65][66][67][68] and diabetes [51,62,65]. To our knowledge, only one cross-sectional study of diabetic patients reported an association between the use of nutrition labels and renal function decline [26].…”