• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.423-439
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of and preferences for traditional seasonal foods in Deagu & Gyeongbuk. According to surveys, females (51.2%) demonstrated a higher preference level than males (48.8%), and that for 'married' subjects was highest. Most subjects were classified as 'nuclear family', and 55.0% lived in apartment housing. The reason they experienced or gained knowledge of Korean seasonal foods was parents, which accounted for 64.4%. Reasons for liking Korean traditional drinks was 'traditional food', which scored the highest at 62.8%, followed by 'seasonal food' at 30.4%. The most common reason for disliking Korean drinks was 'lack of information'. The perception of and preferences for seasonal foods were 'rice cake soup', which scored the highest (4.85 points), followed by 'Ginseng chicken soup' (4.70 points). As a result, popularization of traditional seasonal food was based on three factors: modernization, simplicity, and awareness, which significantly influence the preference for Korean traditional seasonal foods.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.187-197
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• 1993

The objectives of this study were to investigate university students' knowledge of traditional dishes and seasonal festive foods, and to estimate the level of consumption in Korea. The result of the study indicated that their level of knowledge of the seasonal festive foods was very low on as average. The reason was that, because each family prepared only one or two festive dishes on seasonal festival days, these students had few opportunity of being acquainted with other kinds of festive foods. In case of traditional foods university students ate some traditional foods. However, they age other kinds of traditional foods such as Jun-Gol and San-Juk less than once a month because of the difficulty in cooking these foods everyday. Finally, the students showed their intention to eat more traditional foods and festive foods if they can find these types of foods easily. The findings of this study suggested that, in order to increase the consumption of our traditional foods, it is necessary to encourage the establishment of many traditional food stores and to provide an easy access to these stores. Furthermore, every effort should be made to develop various kinds of food materials and easy recipes which can be used at home.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.155-166
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to identify determinants for the perception of traditional food and the probability of belonging to the succession group of traditional food. This study also analyzed foods for seasonal custom and strengths as well as direction concerning improvement of traditional foods, while taking the housewives' hometowns into account. Data were collected from 304 housewives living on Baengnyeong island. Regression analysis showed that family income, age, type, years of residence on Baengnyeong island and hometown were significantly related to the perception of traditional food. Among the significant variables, hometown was the most important factor in explaining perceptional differences. Logit analysis indicated that the probability of belonging to the succession group of traditional food was high with low educational level, high perceptional degree, and North Korea as a native country. The results of chi-square analysis proved that foods associated with seasonal custom, strengths and the improvement of traditional food were different between housewives having South Korea and North Korea as a native country. In this article, similarities and differences in the foods associated with seasonal customs, strengths and the direction concerning improvement of traditional foods are discussed, and implications for both nutritionists and food marketers are provided.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.139-148
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• 2001

This paper is intended to find out how much the university students in the Kyung-book area recognize Korean traditional foods and what their attitudes toward the seasonal manners and customs are, and to analyze the differences according to their life styles. The average recognition of 27 kinds of Korean traditional foods is found to be 2.17 in general, 2.00 with male students and 2.34 with female students, which figures are thought to be low. The recognition of female students is significantly higher than that of male students. 94.4% of the subjects for this study wish traditional foods to be handed down. The reasons for handing them don are Korean unique culture, which is the highest (78.4%), good nutrition(7.2%) and good taste(14.5%). No student points to low price as a reason, which shows that university students think traditional foods more expensive than western foods. There is a positive correlation(p＜0.05) between the evaluations and uses of traditional foods, so those with high evaluations of them use them more. The recognition of traditional foods is positively correlated to the attitudes toward the seasonal manners and customs, monthly family income(p＜0.01) and mothers' educational levels(p＜0.05). Based on life styles, the individuality-centered type shows the highest recognition of traditional foods(2.39), while the leisure-valuing type shows the lowest(2.03). There is a significant difference between the two.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.277-293
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• 2008

We conducted a consensual, expansive, and successive study to compare cultural differences and similarities between Korean, Chinese and Japanese's Seasonal Festivals and Foods documentarily. It showed interesting results that the three countries had celebrated with similar meanings, and shared similar events and special foods. Seasonal Festivals happen throughout the year sequentially: the New Year Day, January $15^{th}$(first full moon festival), March $3^{rd}$(double three day), May $5^{th}$(double five day), July $7^{th}$(double seven day) and finally the Year Farewell Festival. While, the festival of a royal birthday of Buddha happens on April $8^{th}$ in both countries: Korea and Japan. There is also one of the big festivals called the harvest moon festival on August $15^{th}$, and this event celebrates with special foods both in Korea and China. On December $23^{th}$, it is a special day for both Chinese and Japanese, but they celebrate the day with different meanings to it. Three countries have a special seasonal event celebrated each other. Koreans have a special event called Sambok to overcome summer with special food during a middle of June to the beginning of July. Chinese have a special event for overcoming winter with soup on December $8^{th}$. Japanese have a special event with rice cake to safety on January $11^{th}$. On these seasonal festivals, it is different to note that two different kinds of calendars are used. The lunar calendar is used by Koreans and Chinese whereas the solar calendar is used by Japanese. Because of the similarity in Buddhism, and agricultural industry, and especially sharing Chinese Characters in words, these three countries have in common in many ways to celebrate Seasonal Festival, and it is very unique custom in the world. Nowadays; however, these traditional events and special foods are changing in more simplified version and almost disappearing in all three countries. Therefore, we suggest that the Seasonal Festivals and Foods should be more emphasized in flourishing and exchanging between Korea, China and Japan.

• Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.282-294
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• 2001

n accordance with the National Health Promotion Act of 1995, newly designed National Health and Nutrition Survey was carried out in winter of 1998. Although this survey amended most of the problems noted in previous Nutrition Surveys, it still had a limitation in reflecting seasonal variation in food intake due to the survey period which was confined to November and December. In order to counterbalance this limitation and estimate the yearly food intake of Korean population, three seasonal nutrition surveys were taken place in spring, summer, and fall of 1999. Seasonal Nutritional survey targeted 15 households each in 60 nationwide primary sampling units(PSUS) which were part of 200 PSUS of 1998 National Health and Nutrition Survey. Therefore, total of 2,700 households were surveyed in 3 seasons. The interviewers visited each household members and carried out face to face interview on household. Daily food intake was monitored using 24 hour recall method. According to the survey results, fruits, beverage and alcohol intake showed large variation with season while processed foods showed almost no variation. And intake of vegetables and fruits were influenced by their own harvesting time and had impact on the list of foods consumed most. With the result of the 1998 NHNS, this study made it possible to estimate the yearly average food intake of Korean population. The result of this survey is expected to be used in planning food supply and setting tolerance level of contaminants of each foods at the government level.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.303-319
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper in the case of elementary and middle schools in Hwaseong city is that clarify spatial structure by seasonal changes of supply region of school meal foods and changes in food mileage. This paper used account registers of school meal foods of the subject schools as data for this analysis. And this paper analyzed data in March, June, September, and December in order to understand seasonal changes of school meal foods. The spatial structure of school meal foods in elementary and middle schools in Hwaseong city take four with private contracts, limited competition, and bidding quotation by suppliers. With the crops in Hwaseong city, they consist of eco-friendly vegetables in Gyeonggi-do, domestic eco-friendly vegetables and fruits, general vegetables and fruits, and imported processed foods and agricultural products. In case of food mileage, around Hwaseong city, there are spatial structure with about 17 $ton{\cdot}km$, 26 $ton{\cdot}km$, and 11,000 $ton{\cdot}km$ respectively. The spatial structure of school meal foods supplies was determined by difference in feed rate of crops, eco-friendly agricultural products, imported processed foods, and imported agricultural products.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.402-408
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• 2023

Consumer interest in food nutrition continues to grow; however, research on consumer preferences related to nutrition remains limited. In this study, big data analysis was conducted using keyword logs collected from the national information service, the Korean Food Composition Database (K-FCDB), to determine consumer preferences for foods of nutritional interest. The data collection period was set from January 2020 to December 2022, covering a total of 2,243,168 food name keywords searched by K-FCDB users. Food names were processed by merging them into representative food names. The search frequency of food names was analyzed for the entire period and by season using R. In the frequency analysis for the entire period, steamed rice, chicken, and egg were found to be the most frequently consumed foods by Koreans. Seasonal preference analysis revealed that in the spring and summer, foods without broth and cold dishes were consumed frequently, whereas in fall and winter, foods with broth and warm dishes were more popular. Additionally, foods sold by restaurants as seasonal items, such as Naengmyeon and Kongguksu, also exhibited seasonal variations in frequency. These results provide insights into consumer interest patterns in the nutritional information of commonly consumed foods and are expected to serve as fundamental data for formulating seasonal marketing strategies in the restaurant industry, given their indirect relevance to consumer trends.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.239-248
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• 2007

Objectives : This study was conducted to investigate the systematic error, such as seasonal change or inadequate food items, in a food frequency questionnaire administered to workers in a Nuclear Power Plant, Korea. Methods : We performed three repeat-tests with 28 subjects on May 13, July 8 and Dec 16, 1992. Our food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) comprised 84 foods organized into 7 food-groups, and was composed of the items of usual intake frequency (8 categories) and the amount per intake (3 or 4 categories) over the previous year. We compared the means of intake frequency and the frequency of the portion-size according to each season using Repeated Measures ANOVA and Pearson's chisquare test with Fisher's exact test. Results : We found the significant seasonal changes of several food items in intake frequency measurement. These items were typical seasonal foods such as mandarin orange, plum and green vegetables, while the single questions consisted of inadequate food items such as thick beef or similar soup and various kimchi products. Significant seasonal changes in portion-size were found in only two items: cooked rice-brown and fresh frozen fishes. Conclusions : The systematic errors observed could caused loss of validity in the FFQ. Consideration should be given for seasonal variation in FFQ survey and methodological concerns are needed to improve the quality for measuring usual diet pattern.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.545-552
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• 2008

This study is attempt to develop for Korean traditional food data integration system with food database. We are collected all kinds of traditional Korean foods, and referred to document and classified according to food types and cooking methods. Also we are classified 6 types of traditional Korean foods as follows: traditional common, royal, local, festival, rites, and Buddhist temple foods, And we integrate all of that databases for using a specialist or not. We researched for Korean traditional food by cooking type and planed organization for the standardized code and construction for database of Korean traditional foods. It was combined all of them, constructed for Korean traditional food data integration system. Korean traditional foods are classified with 10 provinces local foods, 18 festival foods by seasonal divisions reflecting traditional Korean holidays; and 9 classes rites foods. Korean traditional food using a traditional Korean food classification system was investigated a total of 7,289 kinds foods according to food types. those were 2,585 kinds traditional common foods, 142 kinds of royal foods, 2,137 kinds of local foods, 515 kinds of festival foods, 403 kinds of rites foods, and 1,507 kinds of Buddhist temple foods. And Korean traditional foods included 980 kinds of main dishes, 4,456 kinds of side dishes, 873 kinds of tteok lyou, 515 kinds of hangwa lyou and 465 kinds of emchong lyou. It is therefore recommended that knowledge of traditional Korean foods be preserving and develop their excellence and to further studies.