Korea

"The Korean Nutrition Society"

KOREA "The Korean Nutrition Society"

The Korean Nutrition Society (KNS) is the premier nutrition research society in Korea founded in 1967. Currently it has 850+ members including nutritionists, physicians, dieticians, food chemists, and food technologists. KNS is a member of The Korea Research Foundation and The Korean Federation of Sciences & Technology Societies as well as The Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies (FANS) and International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS). The main goal of KNS is to provide and to share the latest scientific nutrition information and findings among members. The promotion of national health status by nutrition intervention is another side of the goal.

President:
Dr. Young-Sun Choi

Address:
#804 KST Center, 635-4 Yeogsam-dong,
Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-703, Korea
Tel: +82-2-3452-0449
Fax: +82-2-3452-3018
E-mail: kns96@chol.com
Website: http://www.kns.or.kr

Tenure: January 1 - December 31, 2010.

Year Established:1967

Number of Members:850

Executive Council

Honorary Members:

	Jin Soon Ju (Hallym Univ.)
	Jung Yull Yu (Duksung Womens’s Univ.)
	In Kyu Han (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)
	Ki Yull Lee (Yonsei Univ.)
	Nak Eung Sung (Ewha Womans Univ.)
	Sook He Kim (Ewha Womans Univ.)
	Soo Jae Moon (Yonsei Univ.)
	Lillha Lee (Chung-Ang Univ.)
	Yang Cha Lee-Kim (Yonsei Univ.)
	Hyun Suh Park (Kyung Hee Univ.)
	Wha Young Kim (Ewha Womans Univ.)
	Choonhie Yu (Sang Myung Univ.)
	Hee Young Paik (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)
	Sang-Sun Lee (Hanyang Univ.)
	Namsoo Chang (Ewha Womans Univ.)
	Sung-Hee Cho (Catholic Univ. of Daegu)
	Mi-Kyung Kim (Ewha Womans Univ.)
	Myung-Hee kang (Hannam Univ.)

President

Pro/Dr. Young- Sun Choi
Dept. of Food and Nutrition
Daegu Univ.
15 Naeri, Jinryang-up, Gyeongsan-si,
Gyeongbuk 712-714, Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-53-850-6833 Fax: 82-53-850-6839
E-mail: yschoi@daegu.ac.kr

Committee Members

President-Elect:	Ryowon Choue (Kyung Hee Univ.)
Vice-President:	Hyun-Kyung Moon (Dangook Univ.) Myung-Chul Kim (KFDA)
Secretary General:	Sun Yung Ly (Chungnam Natíl Univ)
Treasurer:	Hye- Young P. Kim (Yongin Univ.)
Secretary Scientific Affairs:	Mi-Kyung Sung (Sookmyung Women’s Univ.) Hyang Sook Chun (KFRI)
Editor-in-Chief (Korean Edition):	Kyung Ja Chang (Inha Univ.)
Editor-in-Chief (English Edition):	Young-Hee Kang (Hallym Univ.)
Secretary Information:	Bog-Hieu Lee (Chung-Ang Univ.)
Secretary Public Relations:	Hyojee Joung (Seoul Nat’l Univ.) Kyung Hae Lee (Changwon Univ.)
Secretary International Co-operation:	Youn-Soo Cha (Chonbuk Nat. Univ.) Myoungsook Lee (Sungshin Women’s Univ.)
Secretary Special Affairs:	Yang-Hee Cho (Amway Korea Ltd.) Kyungwon Oh (CDC) Haeng Shin Lee (KHIDI)
Secretary Public Policy:	Oran Kwon (Ewha Womans Univ.) Gun-Hee Kim (DuckSung Women’s Univ.)
Secretary Nutrition Information:	Soon Myung Hong (Univ. of Ulsan)

Auditors:

Soon-Ok Chang (Univ. of Suwon),

Young-Jin Chung (Chungnam Nat’l Univ.)

Special Committees

1. Committee of Dietary Reference Intakes for Korean: establishing KDRI (Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans) by proposing the nutrient intakes that are considered necessary for the prevention of nutritional diseases disorders caused by nutritional deficit or excess.

2. Committee of Nutritional Information: developing and revising the CAN (Computer Aided Nutritional Analysis Program) version which has been used for the assessment of dietary intakes for general use.

3. Committee of Nutrition Policy: establishing public policy by evidence-based science to improve diets and reduce noncommunicable diseases.

4. Committee of Biofoods and Functional Foods for Health: finding the new functional materials, evaluating the functionality and safety, and establishing the standard requirement on biofoods.

5. Committee of Journal of Citation Report Registration Promotion: promoting registration of English Journal published by the Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition.

6. Committee of Nutrigenomics: taking a research on both nutrition and gene to improve health and longevity through individualized nutrition

7. Committee of Managing Foodservice and Eating-out: evaluating the nutritional balance and safety of meal-service and eating-out

8. Committee of Special Affairs: organizing activities that promote communication between the Korean Nutrition Society and food industry.

9. Committee of Human Clinical Trials: discussing design of clinical trials and human intervention studies, IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval, and related topics on Human Clinical Trials.

10. Committee of research and publication ethics: improving the quality and credibility of peer review and publication by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of nutrition research.

11. Committee of Medical Nutrition: focusing on the prevention of disease & the improvement of clinical outcome through evidence based research.

12. Committee of World Nutrition: aims at working toward the enhancement of world nutrition status addressing nutrition-related problems of both malnutrition and over nutrition.

13. Committee of Promoting Internationalization: Globally publicizing the Korean Nutrition Society and planning a mutual cooperation with foreign societies through International Relations.

14. Committee of Charity: all charities operate for the public welfare and nutritionally risk population worldwide, and independently of government or commercial interests.

Activities in 2009

1. Scientific Activities

Symposia:

May 14, 2009:	‘New Nutrition Policy for Food Industry: Threat or Opportunity?’
Jube 26, 2009:	‘Green Growth and Green Dietary Life’
July 24, 2009:	‘Reduction of Disease Risk Claims in the Developed Countries Consideration for Use in Korea’
August 21, 2009:	‘The Scope and Scheme of Revision of Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans’
November 18-19, 2009:	‘Recent Trends in Obesity Research: From Science to Policy’

Workshops:

December 18-19, 2009:

‘Statistics Workshop for Application of KNHANES Results:
the Basics and Practice of SPSS, SAS and SUDAAN‘

Contest and Exhibitions :

August 21, 2009:	‘Exhibition of the Korean Food Guide’
August 25, 2009	‘Design Competition for the Korean Food Guide’

Awards of the Korean Nutrition Society

Outstanding research paper of the year 2009:

1) "Nutritional status of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients according to the severity of disease", Young Mi Park, Ho Il Yoon, Cheongmin Sohn, Ryowon Choue, The Korean Journal of Nutrition 2008; 41(4): 307-316

2) "Effects of soybean isoflavone extract on the plasma lipid profiles and antioxidant enzyme activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats", Jee-youn Shim, Yoo Jung Kim, Hye-Sung Lee, Nutrition Research and Practice 2008; 2(4): 218-226.

2. Other Activities

	Dr. Young-Sun Choi was appointed as the president of the Korean Nutrition Society during January 1, 2010 ~ December 31, 2010.
	Events of ëNutrition Dayí for 2009 - Nationwide Campaign for Eating More Vegetables and Fruits
	Publishes two Journals regularly - one in Korean and the other in EnglishÝlanguage. Both journals have over 1,000 subscribed readers inÝKorea and abroad
	Nutrition Research and Practice (English Journal) has been i registered in SCIE (Scientific Citation Index Expanded ) and PubMed
	A bound issue of Revised Food Values (Nutrient Composition Tables for Foods) has been published
	The Korean Nutrition Society website http//www.kns.or.kr and website http//www.e-nrp.org for Nutrition Research and Practice have been revised.
	The 1st charity program of nutritional support for children was announced and carried out on Annual meeting day. Funds and Foods which were donated from several companies were delivered to Good Neighbors.

Publications of the Korean Nutrition Society

The Korean Journal of Nutrition

Has been published since 1968. Published 8 times per year since 2006.

Nutrition Research and Practice

Nutrition Research and Practice (Nutrition RP) is the official journal, jointly published by the Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition, and published quarterly.

Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans (2005)

KDRIs is Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans. It is new system of Dietary recommendations consisting of EAR (Estimated Average Requirements), RI (Recommended Intake), AI (Average Intake), UL (Tolerable Upper Intake Level)

CAN- Pro 3.0 (2006)

CAN-Pro 3.0 for professional is available for easy and precise nutrition management, consulting, education, and research.

CAN 3.0 (2008)

CAN 3.0 for general is available for easy nutrition management, consulting, and education.

Food Values (Nutrient Composition Table for Foods, 2009)

Include nutrient database of 3,500 commonly consumed Korean foods.

Nutrition Glossary (2006)

An English-Korean translation guide in Nutrition terms which has been chosen for its usefulness to meet the ongoing needs of those in nutrition and allied health professions, food science, biochemistry, physiology, medical science, cookery science.

Documentation for the Dietary Fiber Database (2007)

Database on dietary fiber contents of 3,149 food items established in 2007 by KNS