The Korean Nutrition Society
President: Dr. Myung-Hee Kang
Address: The Korean Nutrition Society
#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
Web:http://www.kns.or.kr
Tenure: January 1.- December 31. 2009.
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.)
President:
Pro/Dr. Myung-Hee Kang
Dept. of Food and Nutrition
Hannam Univ.
461-6 Jeonmin-dong, Yuseung-gu,
Daejeon, Republic of Korea 305-811
Tel: 82-42-629-8791 Fax: 82-42-629-8808
E-mail: mhkang@hnu.ac.kr
Committee Members:
President-Elect:Young-Sun Choi (Daegu Univ.)
Vice-president:
Ryowon Choue (Kyung Hee Univ.)
Myung-Chul Kim (KFDA)
Secretary General:Hye- Young P. Kim (Yongin Univ.)
Treasurer:Tae Youl Ha (Korea Food Research Inst.)
Secretary for the Symposia:
Oran Kwon (Ewha Womans Univ.)
Yang-Hee Cho (Amway Korea Ltd.)
Editor-in-Chief (Korean Edition):
Kyung Ja Chang (Inha Univ.)
Eunju Yang (Honam Univ.)
Editor-in-Chief (English Edition):Young-Hee Kang (Hallym Univ.)
Secretary Documentation: Woo Kyoung Kim (Dankook Univ.)
Secretary Public Relations:
Myoungsook Lee (Sungshin Women’s Univ.)
Bog-Hieu Lee (Chung-Ang Univ.)
Secretary International Co-operation:
Soon-Ok Chang (The Univ. of Suwon)
Youn-Soo Cha (Chonbuk Nat. Univ.)
Secretary Special Affairs:
Kyung Hae Lee (Changwon Univ.)
Mi-Kyung Sung(Sookmyung Women’s Univ.)
Secretary Public Policy:
Cho-il Kim (KHIDI)
Gun-Hee Kim (DuckSung Women’s Univ.)
Secretary Nutrition Information:Dongsoon Shin (Kyungnam Nat’l Univ.)
Auditors:
Myung-Sook Choi (Kyungpook Nat’l Univ.), Young-Jin Chung (Chungnam Nat’l Univ.)
Special Committees
- Committee of Dietary Reference Intakes for Korean: establishing KDRI (Korean Dietary Reference Intakes) by proposing the nutrient intakes that are considered necessary for the prevention of nutritional diseases caused by nutritional deficit or excess.
Committee of Nutritional Information: has revised the CAN (Computer Aided Nutritional Analysis Program) version 2.0 which has been used for the assessment of dietary intakes for general use in November.
Committee of Public Policy: working for establishing sound policy by sound science to improve diet and reduce noncommunicable diseases.
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.
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.
Committee of Nutrigenomics: taking a research on both nutrition and gene to improve health and longevity through individualized nutrition
Committee of Managing Foodservice and Eating-out: evaluating the nutritional balance and safety of meal-service and eating-out
Committee of Special Affairs: organizing activities that promote communication between the Korean Nutrition Society and food industry.
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.
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.
Committee of Medical Nutrition: focusing on the prevention of disease & the improvement of clinical outcome through evidence based research.
Activities in 2008
1. Scientific Activities
Symposia:
May 16, 2008: ‘ The Role of Nutrition in Food Industry ’
October 25, 2008: ‘A Concentration – Function Basis for Recommended Vitamin C Intake’
October 31, 2008:‘Current Trend on the Nutritional Management for Diabetes and Its Complications
November 4, 2008:‘Public Lecture for Prevention of Obesity’
December 30, 2008:‘Seminar on Safety Supervision of Children food’
Workshops:
September 4-6, 2008: ‘International Workshop on ‘Capacity and Leadership Development in Nutritional Sciences’
September 5, 2008:‘Professional Writing for Research Paper and Proposal for Competitive Scientists
Forum
March 10, 2008:‘Dietary Guidelines for Cancer Prevention’
June 25, 2008: ‘Science Policy and Nutrition’
Awards of the Korean Nutrition Society
Outstanding research paper of the year 2008:
- “The Evaluation of Nutrients and Health Functional Elements Presented at Nutrition Labels of Various Beverages in the Market”, Soon Ok Chang, Suwon University, The Korean Journal of Nutrition 2007; 40(6).
“Inhibitory activity of Euonymus alatus against alpha-glucosidase in vitro and in vivo", Lee, Soo-Kyung⋅Hwang, Ji-Yeon⋅Song, Ji-Hyun⋅ Jo, Ja-Rim⋅Kim, Myung-Jin⋅Kim, Mi-Eun⋅Kim, Jung-In, Inje University, Nutrition Research and Practice 2007: 1(3)
2. Other Activities
- Dr. Myung- Hee Kang was appointed as the president of the Korean Nutrition Society during January 1, 2009 ~ Dec. 31, 2009.
Events of ‘Nutrition Day’
- Nationwide Campaign for Prevention of Obesity
- Public Lectures for “Prevention of Obesity”
Publishes two Journals regularly - one in Korean and the other in English language. The Journal has over 1,000 subscribed readers in Korea and abroad
CAN Program version 3.0 for general use has been revised in November.
Updating Nutrient DB for Foods.
The Korean Nutrition Society website has been revised
Revising Nutrient Composition Tables for Foods
Affiliation between The Korean Nutrition Society and The Korean Society of Community Nutrition and Nutrition Research has been complished
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.
Korean Dietary Reference Intakes (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.
Nutrient Composition Tables for Foods and Menu (1998)
Include nutrient database of 3,000 commonly consumed Korean foods and 1,800 menus
Present Knowledge in Nutrition, 8th Edition (2002)
Published the Korean version of Present Knowledge in Nutrition (PKN), a major nutrition book containing the most recent information.
Nutrition Glossary (2006)
A 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 profe-ssions, 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
update:2009/08/11
