Osteoporosis and milk intake among Korean women in California: Relationship with acculturation to U.S. lifestyle

Veronica L. Irvin; Jeanne F. Nichols; C. Richard Hofstetter; Victoria D. Ojeda; Yoon Ju Song; Sunny Kang; Melbourne F. Hovell

doi:10.1007/s10903-013-9774-z

Osteoporosis and milk intake among Korean women in California: Relationship with acculturation to U.S. lifestyle

Veronica L. Irvin
, Jeanne F. Nichols
, C. Richard Hofstetter
, Victoria D. Ojeda
, Yoon Ju Song
, Sunny Kang
, Melbourne F. Hovell

San Diego State University
National Institutes of Health
University of California at San Diego

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Abstract

The Korean population in the US increased by a third between 2000 and 2010. Korean women in the US report low calcium intake and relatively high rate of fractures. However, little is known about the prevalence of osteoporosis among Korean American women. This paper examined the relationship between prevalence of osteoporosis and milk consumption, and their relationship with acculturation among a representative sample of immigrant California women of Korean descent. Bilingual telephone surveys were conducted from a probability sample (N = 590) in 2007. Lower acculturation significantly related to lower milk consumption for women during the age periods of 12-18 and 19-34 years. Acculturation was related to higher prevalence of osteoporosis among post-menopausal, but not pre-menopausal Korean women in California. Future research should include larger cohorts, objective measures of osteoporosis, other sources of calcium specific to Korean cuisine, and assessment of bone-loading physical activity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1119-1124
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume	15
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-013-9774-z
State	Published - Dec 2013

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The project described was supported by award number R01CA105199 from the National Cancer Institute to C. Richard Hofstetter. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute or the National Institutes of Health. Intramural support was received from the Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA. Dr. Ojeda was supported by National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Grant # K01DA025504. During her doctoral program, Dr. Irvin was supported by award number R01CA138192 from the National Cancer Institute to Melbourne Hovell. Dr. Irvin is currently employed as a post-doctoral fellow and receives intramural support for her fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research.

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Acculturation
Asian
Korean
Milk
Osteoporosis
Women's health

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