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. Ryowon Choue

Address:
The Korean Nutrition Society
#804 KST Center, 635-4 Yeogsam-dong,
Kangnam-gu, 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, 2011.

Year Established:1967

Number of Members:850

Executive Council

Honorary Members:

	Jin Soon Ju (Hallym Univ.)
	Jung Yull Yu (Duksung Womensâs 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.)
	Young-Sun Choi (Daegu Univ.)

President

Pro/Dr. Ryowon Choe
Dept. of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science
Kyung Hee Univ.
1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu
Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-2-961-0769 Fax: 82-2-961-0261
E-mail: rwcho@khu.ac.kr

Committee Members

President-Elect:	Hyun-Kyung Moon (Dankook Univ.)
Vice-President:	Jung Han Yoon Park (Hallym Univ.) Heon-Soo Shon (Dr. Chung's Food Co.Ltd)
Secretary General:	Hyojee Joung (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Treasurer:	Sun Yung Ly (Chungnam Nat'l Univ.)
Secretary Scientific Affairs:	Woo Kyoung Kim (Dankook Univ.) Eunju Yang (Honam Univ.)
Editor-in-Chief (Korean Edition):	Young-Sun Song (Inje Univ.)
Editor-in-Chief (English Edition):	Young-Hee Kang (Hallym Univ.)
Secretary Information:	Kyungwon Kim (Seoul Women's Univ.)
Secretary Public Relations:	Yangha Kim (Ewha Womans Univ.) Kyoung Ae Lee (Busan Nat'l Univ. of Edu.)
Secretary International Co-operation:	In-Sook Kwun (Andong Nat'l Univ.) Yongsoon Park (Hanyang Univ.)
Secretary Special Affairs:	Kyungwon Oh (CDC) Young Ai Jang (Nongshim Co. Ltd) Hye-Kyung Chung (Hoseo Univ.)
Secretary Public Policy:	Hye Kyung Park (KFDA) Hae-Rang Chung (Nutrition for the Future Inc.)
Secretary Nutrition Information:	Soon Myung Hong (Univ. of Ulsan)

Auditors:

Cho-il Kim (KHIDI)

Soon-Ok Chang (Univ. of Suwon),

Special Committees

1. Committee of Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans: establishing KDRIs (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.

15. Committee of Award Administration: nominating the candidate for the award of various organizations.

Activities in 2010

1. Scientific Activities

Symposia:

May 14, 2010:	‘The Scheme of Safe Dietary Intake for Public Health’
June 03 , 2010:	‘International Symposium – Phytochemicals in human diet: 7th Nutrient?’
November 25, 2010:	‘The Joint International Symposium – Nutrition in Women’s Health’ organized by KNS, KSCN, KCDC’
November 26, 2010:	‘Diet and Cancer’

Workshops:

August 27 , 2010:	‘Statistic Workshop for Application of Meta-Analysis in Field of Nutrition‘
November 19 , 2010:	‘Workshop for Good Research Practice‘

Public Hearings :

May 7, 2010:	‘Public Hearings for Revision of the Korean Dietary Reference Intakes’
August 27, 2010	‘Public Hearings for Application of the Korean Dietary Reference Intakes’

Awards of the Korean Nutrition Society

Outstanding research paper of the year 2010:

1) "Cadmium Increases Ferroportin-1 Gene Expression in J774 Macrophage Cells via the Production of Reactive Oxygen Species", Bo-yeon Park and Jayong Chung, Nutrition Research and Practice 2009; 3(3): 192-199.

2) "Association between Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, Dietary Carbohydrates and Diabetes from Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005", Eun Kyung Kim, Jung Sug Lee, Heeok Hong, and Choon Hie Yu, The Korean Journal of Nutrition 2009; 42(7): 622-630.

2. Other Activities

	Dr. Ryowon Choue was appointed as the president of the Korean Nutrition Society during January 1, 2011 ~ December 31, 2011.
	Events of ëNutrition Dayí 2010 - Nationwide Campaign for "Eating breakfast everyday"
	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 registered in SCOPUS
	The first revision of the Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans has been published in October by the Korean Nutrition Society, the Korea Food and Drug Administration and, the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Publications of the Korean Nutrition Society

The Korean Journal of Nutrition
Has been published since 1968. Published 6 times per year

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 bi-monthly.

Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans (First Revision, 2010)
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) and 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