• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.503-514
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to explore the influencing factors of consumption behavior of healthy functional foods including vitamin/mineral products for overweight and obese Koreans. Overweight and obese Koreans were selected based on the body mass index(BMI) from the KNHANES that was collected in 2007. Probit estimation model was used to find the influencing factors such as age, gender, job, education, income, nutrition education, and cultural capital(parents' education) on consuming the healthy functional foods. Overweight consumers were found to consume vitamin/mineral products and healthy functional foods at 17.5% and 22.7%, respectively. Obese consumers were found to consume vitamin/mineral products and healthy functional foods at 18.2% and 22.8%, respectively. In addition, self decision was found to be a significant factor to consume both products in both groups. Nutritional education and job were significant factors to consume vitamin/mineral products in overweight consumers, while mother's education and job(service) were significant factors in obese consumers. Weight control for body shape, gender, age, and income were significant factors to consume healthy functional foods in overweight consumers, while nutrition label and perceived health status were significant for obese consumers. Therefore, providing consumer information on functional foods might be useful for consumers to consider the healthy functional foods as an available option to purchase. Various influencing factors between two groups might be concerned to develop different strategies for promoting the healthy functional foods consumption including vitamin/mineral products.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.223-234
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to explain consumption experience of vitamin/mineral, aloe, calcium, red ginseng and glucosamine. It also explains influencing factors such as health related factors(importance of healthy eating, perceived role of food for health, health motivation), consumer attitude of healthy functional foods(reward from using healthy functional foods, confidence in functional foods) and individual characteristics(age, sex, education, income) on them. To do this, LIMDEP program was applied to estimate the logit model. The results of this study were as follows: 1) The levels of health motivation, reward and confidence from using healthy functional foods were found to be relatively low, while the levels of importance of healthy eating and the perceived role of food for health were found to be relatively high. It might imply that consumers would have some interest for health and food consumption. Also consumers expressed to have some experience for vitamin/mineral(50%), aloe(16%), calcium(23%), red ginseng(40%) and glucosamine(17%). 2) For influencing factors, age was found to be significantly influential to all of the products. If consumers were getting older, they were more likely to consume the products. In addition, reward from using healthy functional foods was found to significantly influence consumption experience of vitamin/mineral and calcium. If consumers perceived more reward from using vitamin/mineral and calcium, they were more likely to consume the products. For aloe, confidence in healthy functional foods was found to significantly influence consumption. Furthermore, sex was found to be a significant factor for consumption of vitamin/mineral.

• 한국식품영양과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품영양과학회 2004년도 Annual Meeting and International Symposium
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• pp.37-42
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• 2004

The relatively new concept of functional foods is supportive of sales of food products that deliver isolated 'nutrient' or 'food compound' substances, much as is done by dietary supplements. Whether such isolated substances have benefit must be investigated in each instance; such investigations can be complex. At the same time, simply prepared natural plant foods contain a myriad of substances that, in accord with the concept of food synergy, are beneficial for health. Whole grain foods are an example of such healthy fare, based on strong epidemiologic and experimental evidence. If the concept of functional foods is to be of use for the public health, it should support the consumption of healthy traditional foods as well as promoting 'novel' foods; in this sense, whole grain foods, which have great functionality, should be regarded as functional foods.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.259-269
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• 2021

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the changes in the eating habits and lifestyle of middle-aged women in Gwangju during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A total of 428 middle-aged women aged between 40 and 60 participated in a survey relating to general information, food and lifestyle, health functional food, and menopausal symptoms. The correlation between the variables was analyzed. Results: In the positive habits, the intake of nutritional supplements for immunity enhancement increased the most, followed by the use of media to learn healthy eating tips, and diets including healthy food. Negative habits increased in the order of frequency of taking delivery orders, levels of stress or anxiety, and time spent sitting or watching movies. In the case of recommended foods, the intake increased the most in the order of eggs, fruits, vegetables, milk/dairy products, and seaweed. Non-recommended foods increased in the order of meat, bread, rice, and noodles. The awareness of health functional foods was in the increasing order of interest, knowledge, consumption experience, and purchase amount. The type of health functional food intake was in the increasing order of probiotics, multivitamin and mineral supplements, vitamin C, collagen, and omega-3. Menopausal symptoms were in the increasing order of bone and joint pain, poor sleep quality, emotional ups and downs, loneliness, and feeling of emptiness. In the correlation of major variables, positive habits showed a significant positive correlation with recommended food intake and the recognition of health functional foods. Negative habits showed a significant positive correlation with non-recommended food intake and a significant positive correlation with menopausal symptoms. Recommended food intake showed a significant positive correlation with health functional food recognition and intake and menopausal symptoms. Conclusions: This study suggests that it is necessary to establish social measures to reduce the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on middle-aged women and to ensure effective self-management through a healthy lifestyle since the pandemic has a long-term impact.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.483-495
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• 2023

본 연구는 서울 및 경기지역에 거주하는 노인 250명을 대상으로 건강기능식품 섭취가 식생활에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위해 수행되었다. 2주 이상 지속적으로 건강기능식품을 섭취하였을 때 건강기능식품 섭취군으로 판정하였고, 노인의 식생활 평가를 위해 구성타당도 평가가 수행된 노인 영양지수 (NQ-E 2021)를 활용하여 식사의 질을 평가한 결과는 다음과 같다. 본 연구대상자의 평균 연령은 70.8세이었고, 건강기능 섭취 여부에 따른 연령, 키, 체중 및 체질량지수에 유의적인 차이는 존재하지 않았다. 전체 조사대상자의 NQ-E 점수와 영역별 점수를 보면 NQ-E 52.5점, 균형 43.3점, 절제 56.7점, 실천 65.7점이었고, 영양지수 전체 17개 항목 중 60점 이하의 낮은 점수를 보인 항목은 총 7개였는데, '과일 섭취', '우유 및 유제품 섭취', '어패류 섭취', '달걀 섭취', '콩 및 콩 제품 섭취', '견과류 섭취'와 '단 간식 및 단 음료 섭취 절제' 점수가 낮아서 노인들이 전반적으로 다양한 식품군을 충분하게 섭취하지 못하는 것으로 평가되었다. 건강기능식품 섭취 여부에 따른 차이를 보면 전체 NQ 점수와 다양한 식품군을 섭취하는 균형점수에서 유의적인 차이를 보여 건강기능식품 섭취군에서 건강기능식품 비섭취군보다 유의적으로 높은 점수를 보였다. NQ 판정등급 비율에서도 건강기능식품 섭취군이 건강기능식품 비섭취군보다 NQ-E 점수와 균형 영역에서 [상] 등급이 8% 이상 유의적으로 더 많았다. 영양지수 문항별 점수에서 건강기능식품 섭취군은 과일, 어패류, 달걀, 견과류, 잡곡밥 섭취 및 건강한 식생활을 하려는 노력에서 건강기능식품 비섭취군보다 높은 점수를 보였다. 본 연구결과 노인에서 건강기능식품 섭취군이 비섭취군보다 영양지수 평가를 통해 전반적인 식사의 질이 높은 것으로 평가되었는데, 이는 건강기능식품 섭취군에서 균형과 실천 영역에 해당하는 문항의 점수가 높은 것에 기인하였다. 그러나 전반적으로 노인들의 영양지수 점수가 낮고, 특히 균형 영역에 해당하는 다양한 식품군의 섭취가 제대로 이루어지지 않으므로 노인 영양문제 개선을 위한 지속적인 노력이 강구되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.695-705
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• 2012

Dietary fiber naturally present in various sources of cereals, legumes, fruits and vegetables plays a physiological role in human health, such as lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, improving blood glucose control in diabetes, helping with weight loss and management, and reducing cancer risk. In addition, dietary fibers have has been added as a functional food ingredient to food products to provide water-holding capacity, viscosity, gel-forming ability, and fat-binding capacity to food products. These beneficial characteristics of dietary fiber components can improve the image of meat products to be healthy and functional food products. This article reviews the concept and current definition of dietary fibers in food products along with their health benefits and functional characteristics. Dietary fibers from different sources like cereals, legumes, fruits, and vegetables and soluble dietary fibers have been applied as functional ingredients to various types of meat products, such as beef patties, ground beef and pork, pork and chicken sausages, meatballs, and jerky etc. Based on the application of dietary fibers to different types of meat products, possible future characteristics in selecting appropriate dietary fiber ingredients and their proper incorporation are explored to develop and produce healthy and functional meat products with high dietary fiber contents.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2008

Mushroom is well known for a safe food for a long time and, what is more, has a lot of useful characteristics related on the pharmacological activities. It is expected to be one of the most important functional food due to its diverse bioactive compounds. Especially, medical potentiality on immunomodulator and antitumor continues to be focused. Recent research trend and commercialization of functional healthy food using mushroom and its bioactive compounds will be herein introduced. Industrialization of mushroom functional substances will be also discussed.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2018

Functional food research has been struggling to demonstrate their beneficial effects in human, however, the physiological changes in humans who are in the target for functional food are very subtle and long term. In addition, it is difficult to obtain significant beneficial effect because of the necessity of using relatively healthy subjects. Relatively healthy subjects are homeostatic, and most of the biomarkers maintain a certain level under the "normal" or "resting" state. Moreover, due to wide inter-individual variation, it is difficult to detect significant changes. To address this problem, research has been actively conducted to identify the efficacy of natural products using 'omics' and 'bioinformatics' technology. In this review, we would like to introduce the human intervention studies applied homeostatic challenge model.

• 지질동맥경화학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.88-97
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• 2018

The prevalence of atherothrombotic disease continues to rise, presenting an increasing number of challenges to modern society and creating interest in functional foods. Platelet activation, adhesion, and aggregation at vascular endothelial disruption sites are key events in atherothrombotic disease. Physiological challenges such as hyperlipidemia, obesity, and cigarette smoking are associated with vascular changes underlying platelet aggregation and inflammatory processes. However, it is difficult to determine the beneficial response of functional foods in healthy subjects. To address this problem, challenge models and high-risk models related to smokers, obesity, and dyslipidemia are proposed as sensitive measures to evaluate the effects of functional foods in healthy subjects. In this review, we construct a model to evaluate the effects of functional food such as natural products on blood flow based on a human intervention study.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.1435-1442
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• 2008

본 연구는 건강기능식품 구매의도에 대한 소비가치의 영향력을 파악하고, 이 관계에서 건강동기, 건강염려, 식품몰입과 같은 개인의 개성과 관련된 특성들의 조절효과를 규명하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 본 연구 결과에 대한 요약은 다음과 같다. 각 측정개념들의 요인분석 결과, 소비가치는 7개의 요인으로 추출되었으며 건강동기, 건강염려, 식품몰입은 각각 1개씩의 요인으로 추출되었다. 각 구성개념들의 신뢰도는 소비가치 중에서 기능적 가치 요인의 경우 .886, 감정적 가치는 .904, 인식적 가치는 .813, 사회적 가치 I는.734, 상황적 가치는 .872, 사회적 가치 II와 III는 각각 .600과 .576이었고, 건강동기의 신뢰도는 .883, 건강염려의 신뢰도는 .834, 식품몰입의 신뢰도는 .883으로 나타나 내적일관성을 확보하였다. 단계적 회귀분석을 통한 소비가치가 건강기능식품의 구매의도에 미치는 영향력 분석에서 사회적 가치(${\beta}=.161$), 감정적 가치(${\beta}=.293$), 기능적 가치(${\beta}=.328$), 인식적 가치(${\beta}=.290$), 상황적 가치(${\beta}=.196$)가 통계적으로 유의한 영향변수들(F=37.582, p<.001)인 것으로 나타났으며, 이 다섯 개의 변수로 이루어진 회귀모형의 설명력은 41.4%였다. 위계적 회귀분석을 통한 조절효과 분석에서 건강염려만이 소비가치 중 사회적 가치 I(SV-I)와 건강기능식품의 구매의도의 관계에서 조절작용이 있는 것으로(F=4.409, p<0.05) 나타났다. 건강기능식품 구매의도에 대해 1단계에 투입된 사회적 가치 I의 $R^2$(.017)와 2단계에 투입된 건강염려 변수의 ${\Delta}R^2$(.025)이 유의적이었으며, 독립변수인 사회적 가치 I와 조절변수인 건강염려와의 상호작용항(SV I * HC)이 투입된 3단계의 ${\Delta}R^2$(.015)도 통계적으로 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 건강기능식품의 구매 및 선택 과정에 대한 소비자 측면의 실증적 연구로서, 이상의 연구결과들은 건강기능식품 구매에 영향을 미치는 변수들을 이용하여 보다 효율적인 건강기능식품 소비자 마케팅 전략 확립에 도움이 될 수 있는 자료를 제공할 수 있다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 또한 식품선택과 관련한 연구영역에서 소비가치 개념의 적용가능성을 확인하였으므로 향후 건강기능식품 및 다양한 식품의 선택 및 구매에 대한 연구에 소비가치 개념이 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 건강염려 변수와 같은 식품관련 개성 특성들이 건강기능식품 구매의도에 조절작용을 갖는 변수임을 확인한 점은 향후 보다 다양한 개성 관련 식품 특성들의 영향력에 대하여 연구할 수 있는 계기로 작용할 것이다. 그리고 본 연구의 결과에서 확립된 회귀모형을 이용하여 실제 건강기능식품 구매 집단과 비구매 집단별 적합성을 향후 연구에서 판별 함수로 검증한다면 본 회귀모형이 보다 정확하게 식품 선택 연구 모형에 적용될 수 있을 것이다. 그러나 본 연구의 지역적 한정성과 연구대상자의 연령층이 대학생으로 제한된 점은 향후 연구에서 보완되어야 할 것이다.