• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.206-213
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• 2007

This study investigated the prevalence of nutrition labeling and claims on processed and packaged foods. The final database consists of 1,287 foods, which were collected in two supermarkets in the Seoul area from September to November, 2006. An estimated 78% of KFDA-regulated processed, and packaged foods have nutrition labels. Nutrient content claims on food labels were identified in 21% of the foods which have nutrition labels. The prevalence of nutrition labels in this study is much higher than in previous studies due to the current expansion of the mandatory labeling regulation. However, false labeling and misleading contents claims were also identified. The food label is an important tool for enhancing the public's understanding of healthy choices of processed foods. Therefore, to maximize the benefits of the nutrition labeling regulation, industries, government agencies and health professionals should work together to help consumers make healthy dietary choices and improve their health.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.244-257
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• 2017

Nutrition labeling can provide information in order for people to select products suitable for their own health, and sodium content labeling for processed foods is important since sodium is one of the main causes of cardiac diseases. This study had carried out to propose the desirable sodium content labeling by conducting surveys on the awareness of sodium content in processed foods, understanding of sodium content labeling, and requirements for new sodium comparative claims. The survey period was from 12th of September, 2016 through the 24th, during which a self-administered questionnaire survey was given to 1,003 persons through demographic quota sampling by age and region. As a result of the survey, 66.0% of respondents assuring nutrition labeling answered they check sodium content labeling, whereas 83.2% were aware of excessive intake of sodium having a negative effect on health. Exactly 49.9% of respondents answered that the current system for nutrition labeling on processed foods does not help one to understand the content of sodium, whereas 72.9% answered they wanted to compare sodium contents with those of other products when buying or taking processed foods. As 92.5% cited the importance of sodium comparative claims made by processed foods, preparation of a new system for food labeling should be considered by which consumers can easily compare sodium contents with those of other similar products.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2009

Adverse drug reactions (ADR) caused by inappropriate prescription are responsible for major socioeconomic loss. Drug-drug interactions (DDI) has been recognized as a major part of ADRs and, therefore, healthcare professionals should prevent possible DDIs to minimize preventable ADRs. This study aimed to examine DDI information in drug information references and Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) drug labeling information. Drug ingredients from the formulary of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service in Korea (HIRA) were included for the study. DDI information source used for the study were Micromedex Drugdex and Drug Information Facts (DIF) with the DDI severity level of "moderate" or more. The DDI information in KFDA drug labeling were collected and compared. Drug ingredients were classified with KFDA Drug Classification and ATC Classification of WHO for the analysis. Among the total 1,355 drug ingredients satisfying inclusion criteria, 738 ingredients involved at least one DDI, which was described in Micromedex and/or DIF. Drug Ingredients of 176 involved DDI only described in KFDA drug labeling, but not Micromedex nor DIF. Drug ingredients of 35 which DDIs were described in Micromedex or DIF did not have DDI based on KFDA drug labeling. Micromedex and DIF retrieved 7,582 and 3,071 DDIs, respectively 57.6% and 58.5% of DDIs were also described in KFDA drug labeling. Central nervous system (CNS) drugs, cardiovascular system (CVS) drugs and the antiinfectives appeared to have higher frequency of DDIs among all drug classes. The highest number of DDIs with high severity level ("contraindicated" or "major") were the DDIs of CNS drugs. The antiinfectives are the second drug group having serious DDIs. The DDI pairs of the CNS drug and the antiinfective had the highest contraindication risk (13.6%). DDI information from Micromedex and DIF were not consistent with the result that only 465 ingredients' DDIs are common in both literature (total DDI numbers were 715 vs 488, respectively). And 1,652 DDI information are common in both references among 7,582 vs 3,071 DDIs, respectively. Only 55.2% of DDI information in the database contained in the KFDA drug labeling. Prescribers and pharmacists should pay attention to the drugs for CV system, CNS and infections because of higher risk of possible DDIs compared to other drug classes. KFDA drug labeling is not likely to be recommended as a good information source for DDI due to significant inconsistency of information. Drug information providers should be aware that DDI information from different sources are not consistent and therefore multiple references should be used.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.995-1003
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• 2015

This study was to investigate the association among satisfaction of nutrition labeling, change of purchase behaviors, and dietary life care, based on the awareness of nutrition labeling at expressway rest areas. The subjects (n=903) were divided into two groups, according to the awareness of nutrition labeling: Awareness of Nutrition Labeling (ANL) group, n=367; Non Awareness of Nutrition Labeling (NANL) group, n=536. Effort of health care and identification of nutrition labeling was significantly higher in the ANL group, compared with the NANL group. As for the main reason for not identifying nutrition labeling, 'not interested in nutrition labeling' was the highest in the ANL group, and 'Don't know nutrition labeling is provided' in the NANL group. Identification ratio of nutrition labeling in future was significantly higher in the NANL group, compared with the ANL group among the subjects who didn't identify nutrition labeling before. After their becoming aware, a change of food purchase after reading the nutrition labeling was significantly higher in the ANL group, compared with the NANL group. Health beliefs on the nutrition labeling were significantly higher in the ANL group, compared with the NANL group. Satisfaction of nutrition labeling was also significantly higher in the ANL group, compared with the NANL group. The ANL group also expressed a necessity of expansion of nutrition labeling, compared with the NANL group. In the ANL group, identification of nutrition labeling was significantly higher in the hard effort group, compared with the little effort group of dietary life care. Therefore, improvement and campaign of nutrition labeling for consumers at expressway rest areas, especially for the NANL group, will be effective in identifying nutrition labeling for their health care.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.849-857
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to investigate 5th grade elementary school girls' effort to recognize and use nutritional labels on processed foods and restaurant meals to encourage dietary behavior. The subjects (n=976) were divided into three groups (effort group, n=711; normal group, n=193; and no-effort group, n=72) depending on level of effort for the healthy dietary behavior such as eating balanced meals, eating three meals regularly, and eating meals slowly. In the effort group, the frequency of food intake for breads, ramen, noodles and fast foods was significantly lower, while frequency of food intake for fruits and vegetables and salad was significantly higher than in the other two groups. In the effort group, the ratio of the respondents that perception of nutrition labeling on processed foods and restaurant meals was 80.5% and 31.4% and the ratio of girls who checked the nutrition labeling at their point of purchase was 71.1% and 24.7%, respectively. Reasons given for not reading nutrition labeling for restaurant meals were 'not interested' for 34.6% of the effort group, and 52.2% of the no-effort group. Therefore, it is necessary to create an educational program on healthy dietary behavior, including how to read nutrition labeling and establishment of proper body image perception for elementary school girls.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2007

Many countries such as The Republic of Korea have established their own nutritional standards, collectively termed Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs), and they vary due to the science which was reviewed, the purposes for which they are developed, and issues related to nutrition and food policy in the country. The current effort by the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CNFSDU) to update the NRVs that were established following the Helsinki Consultation in 1988 represents an opportunity to develop a set of reference values reflecting current scientific information to be used or adapted by many countries. This paper will focus on possible approaches to selecting or developing reference values which would serve the intended purpose for nutrition labeling to the greatest extent possible. Within the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) is currently reviewing regulations on nutrition labeling to better address current health issues, and is expected to enter into a process in the next few months to begin to explore how best to update nutrient Daily Values (DVs), most of which are still based on the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) of the Food and Nutrition Board, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, last reviewed and revised in 1968. In this presentation, I review the current purposes in the U.S. for nutrition labeling as identified in the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as amended, the scientific basis for current nutrition labeling regulations in the United States, and the recommendations made by the recent Committee on Use of Dietary Reference Intakes in Nutrition Labeling of the Institute of Medicine (2003) regarding how to use the DRIs in developing new DVs to be used on the label in the United States and Canada. Based on these reviews, I then provide examples of the issues that arise in comparing one approach to another. Much of the discussion focuses on the appropriate role of nutrient labeling within the Nutrition Facts panel, one of the three major public nutrition education tools in the United States (along with MyPyramid and Dietary Guidelines for Americans).

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2009

국민들에게 올바른 영양정보를 제공하여 외식시 균형잡힌 영양섭취와 올바른 메뉴선택을 위한 영양표시제의 방안과 패스트푸드업체에서 실시할 영양표시제에 관한 소비자 인식과 필요성 그리고 건강한 식생활에 미칠 영향을 분석하기 위해 설문조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영양표시에 대한 소비자의 인식을 기존에 영양표시 제가 실시되고 있는 가공식품과 향후 패스트푸드업체에서 실시할 영양표시제에 대한 인식을 조사한 결과, 현재 가공식품을 구입하는데 있어서 영양표시의 중요성을 높게 인식하고 있는 반면 패스트푸드업체에서 실시할 영양표시제에 대한 인식은 매우 낮은 것으로 분석되었다. 그러나 패스트푸드업체에서 실시할 영양표시제의 도입 필요성은 인지하는 있었으며 이는 메뉴선정에 도움을 주고 건강한 식생활에 영향을 줄 것으로 인식하고 있었다. 또한 영양성분표시를 실시한 외식업체에 대한 재방문의사도 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 둘째, 패스트푸드업체의 메뉴에 대한 영양성분의 표시기준은 100 g(또는 100 mL)의 단위기준보다 1인 제공량으로 표시되기를 바라고 있었으며, 패스트푸드업체가 표기해야할 영양성분으로는 성인병과 체중증가와 관련있는 열량과 지방 그리고 콜레스테롤함량이 우선적으로 표기되기를 바라는 것으로 분석되었다. 그리고 메뉴에서 우선적으로 표기되어야 하는 항목으로는 열량, 1인분량, 지방함량인 것으로 분석되었다. 셋째, 패스트푸드업체에서 영양성분을 표시할 장소는 소비자가 주문을 하기 전 쉽게 확인하고 참고할 수 있는 매장내 포스단말기와 계산대 위에 설치된 메뉴보드로서, 이는 패스트푸드업체의 셀프서비스 주문방식을 반영된 결과로 분석되었다. 넷째, 패스트푸드업체에서 실시할 영양표시제의 필요성에서는 여자가 남자보다 더 많은 필요성을 인식하고 있었으며, 주부와 초등학생들이 비교적 낮은 필요성을 보이고 있어 주부와 초등학생을 대상으로 하는 영양표시제에 관한교육프로그램의 필요성이 제기되었다. 또한 학력에 있어서는 고학력자일수록 그리고 월소득이 높을수록 영양표시제에 대한 필요성을 높게 인식하고 있었다. 이는 영양교육을 통한 식생활의 중요성을 인지할 기회가 많았고 생활의 여유 속에서 끼니를 떼우기 위한 식사가 아닌 선택을 통한 식사를 즐기는 고소득자들에게는 영양표시제의 실시가 더욱더 필요하게 되었음을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 7번 이상의 다이어트 경험자들도 영양표시제에 대한 필요성을 인식하고 있었는데 이는 체중감량을 위한 칼로리 제한을 외식을 하면서도 가능하게 하기 위함이라고 사료된다. 다섯번째, 패스트푸드업체에서 실시될 영양표시제가 건강한 식생활에 미치는 영향에 대해 남자보다는 여자가 더 많은 영향을 줄 것이라고 생각하고 있었으며 연령에서는 10대 20대 30대가 더 많은 영향을 줄 것이라고 생각하고 있었고 전문대학졸업자와 대학원졸업자가 비교적 많은 영향을 미칠 것이라고 분석되었다. 이는 외모에 관심이 많은 여성과 젊은층 그리고 식생활에 대한 교육기회가 많았던 조사대상자들이 영양표시제가 건강한 식생활에 영향을 미칠 것이라고 인식하고 있었기 때문이라고 사료된다. 그러나 가족의 식생활을 담당하는 주부들의 영양표시제에 대한 인식은 매우 낮아 주부들을 대상으로 한 건강한 식생활 교육 프로그램을 실시해야 할 필요성이 제기되었다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.291.1-291.1
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to provide KFDA's guidance for premarket notification submission and labeling for prescription use drugs of abuse in vitro diagnostic devices. To evaluate in vitro diagnostic devices the following performance characteristics should be described in detail within the submission: analytical sensitivity or minimum detection limit, cutoff concentration, specificity and cross reactivity, interference, precision, method comparison and stability. (omitted)

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.725-733
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• 2010

This study examined the understanding and use of information on nutrition labels based on one serving size among female consumers above the age of 20 in Seoul area. According to the survey, 69.9% of respondents were aware of the current system of nutrition labeling based on one serving size, and 51.8% of the respondents expressed their dissatisfaction with the system because the nutrition labels were difficult to understand or appeared unreliable. The nutrition label literacy of the consumers varied with respect to different packaging units. The respondents were likely to be less accurate in calculating the expected caloric intake when only portions of a multi-serving package were used. Initially 69.0% of respondents reported that they had read the nutrition label before purchasing a product but 91.9% of respondents said that they would check the label after learning how to read the label properly. It is very important to make consumers aware that the labels are very reliable sources of nutrition information. A public education campaign on the use of nutrition labels should focus on developing the consumers' ability and skills in using the label information when choosing foods.

• 월간포장계
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• 통권300호
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• pp.58-60
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• 2018