The Korean Nutrition Society
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
Web:http://www.kns.or.kr
Tenure: January 1.- December 31. 2011.
The Korean Nutrition Society
Address:
#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
Web:http://www.kns.or.kr
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.)
Young-Sun Choi (Daegu Univ.)
President:
Prof./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
Pesident-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.)
Secretary Scientific Affairs:
Woo Kyoung Kim (Dankook Univ.)
Eunju Yang (Honam Univ.)
Treasurer:
Sun Yung Ly (Chungnam Nat’l 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 (KCDC)
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 Myoung Hong (Univ. of Ulsan)
Auditors:
Cho-il Kim (KHIDI)
Soon-Ok Chang (The Univ. of Suwon)
Special Committees
- 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.
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.
Committee of Nutrition Policy: establishing public policy by evidence-based science to improve diets 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.
Committee of World Nutrition: aims at working toward the enhancement of world nutrition status addressing nutrition-related problems of both malnutrition and over nutrition.
Committee of Promoting Internationalization: Globally publicizing the Korean Nutrition Society and planning a mutual cooperation with foreign societies through International Relations.
Committee of Charity: all charities operate for the public welfare and nutritionally risk population worldwide, and independently of government or commercial interests.
Committee of Award Administration: nominating the candidate for the award of
various organizations.
Activities in 2010
- 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’
Workshop
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:
- “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.
“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.
Other Activities
- Dr. Ryowon Choue was appointed as the president of the Korean Nutrition Society during January 1, 2011 ~ December 31, 2011.
Events of ‘Nutrition Day’ for 2010
- Nationwide Campaign for ‘Eating breakfast everyday’
Publishes two Journals regularly - one in Korean and the other in English language. Both journals have over 1,000 subscribed readers in Korea 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.
updated 2011 July
