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However, in South Korea, no study has adequately explored factors that affect BA, although individual health management is essential to preventing chronic diseases. In the present study, we focus on the use of health information, in particular nutrition facts, to control BA. Methods We used data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2010\u20132015; 26,914 eligible participants) using BA and age differences as outcome variables. We used multiple linear regression to explore the relationship between the use of nutrition data and differences in BA after adjusting for covariates. In addition, we used multiple linear regression to examine subgroup differences in such relationships. Results 12.8% of males and 27.5% of females used nutrition facts when deciding which foods to purchase. The more attention paid to such facts, the lower the BA and BA differences in both males and females (males: \u03b2 = \u22122.646, females: \u03b2 = \u22122.787, p &lt; 0.05, for BA; males: \u03b2 = \u22121.181, females, \u03b2 = \u22122.161, p &lt; 0.05, for BA differences). However, BA differences were more significant in subjects with chronic disease, obesity, and\/or a family history of chronic disease. Conclusion High-level awareness of and active use of nutrition facts permitted effective self-management in preventing chronic disease and improving BA, particularly in subjects at higher risk for chronic disease. Thus, considering nutrition facts when deciding what to purchase is important.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph15112431","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,1]],"date-time":"2018-11-01T11:31:47Z","timestamp":1541071907000},"page":"2431","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Biological Age Is Associated with the Active Use of Nutrition Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5817-1203","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kyu-Tae","family":"Han","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Analysis Team, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang 10444, Korea"},{"name":"Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dong Wook","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Analysis Team, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang 10444, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seung Ju","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Eulji University, Seongnam 13135, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1756-1376","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sun Jung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Administration and Management, Soonchunhyang University, Asan 31538, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1025","DOI":"10.1016\/S0531-5565(01)00110-3","article-title":"Strategy for identifying biomarkers of aging in long-lived species","volume":"36","author":"Ingram","year":"2001","journal-title":"Exp. 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