This study was performed to investigate the pattern of health food usage of the adults by food lifestyles pattern in contemporary Seoul. This study views health food consumption as a cultural practice in which people produce (and reproduce) diverse social relationships and cultural meanings. It also identifies food lifestyles and health food usage pattern of Korean adult in Seoul. This topics were discussed based on field research data collected by nutritional survey with questionnaire. To identify the relationships between pattern of health food and food lifestyles, 503 men and 437 women aged 18 to 65 years were divided into 5 groups of food lifestyles : Health Eaters, In-a-Dither, Traditional Eaters, Conscientious and People on the Go. As a substantial percentage of the subjects were used some kinds of nutrients supplement. The higher the age and family income were, the higher the percentage of health food usage was. There was the significant difference between sexes in usuage of health food. Health food usage was higher in the food lifestyle pattern of Health Eater than other food lifestyles.

Although it is rapidly increasing the number of day-care centers in Korea, the quality of food and nutrition services is not improved sufficiently. The purpose of this study was to investigate the nutrition and health status of children in day-care center. Menus for lunch of 253 centers were collected and the content of nutrients was analyzed. Nutrient intakes from lunch and snacks of 90 children were investigated using weighing method and those from breakfast and dinner by 24-hour recall method surrogated from their mothers. Anthropometric indices of height, weight, skinfold thickness, the ratio of fat were measured. The lunch menus for children contained 437.0±138.9 Kcal, 17.6±6.7gr protein, 153.9±87.7mg Ca, 3.63±1.6mg Fe, 164.5±158.2RE Vit A. and 4.46±3.04mg Vit B1. Energy, Ca and Fe supplied were below one third of RDAs. Mean daily calorie intake of children aged 3 years was 1303.0±474.0Kcal/day, 1322.3±442.4Kcal in aged four, 1307.0±545.9Kcal in aged five and 1497.1±93.5kcal in six year of age. Intake of iron, vitamin A and vitamin B1 were below RDAs.

To investigate the perception and preference of foreign visitors to Korean traditional foods, 206 visitors(male 142, female 61) were surveyed with questionnaires translating in English, Chinese and Japanese. Subjects had various nationality such as China(77.4%), America(20.9%), Japan(16.0%), Canada(6.5%), Southeast Asia(2.5%) and Europe(2.5%). The 70.2% of the respondents had been tried Korean dishes before visiting Korea on the recommendation of friends or acquaintances(59.9%) or by the advertisement, articles, and travel agency. Bulgogi and Kimchi were the most popular menu that they had been tried in their country and Bibimbop, Kalbi, Korean dumpling, Samgaetang and Chapchae were following. 29.8% of the respondents had never tried Korean dishes because of they didn't have a chance to try(43.1%) or there were no Korean restaurant near their place(25.5%) or they had no interest in Korean dishes(23.5%). As expected, Kimchi and Bulgogi were well known food, showing rank of highest recognition. Chun and Dduck were the dishes that they had heard or saw but not eaten and Goojeolpan and Shinsunro were the dishes that they had not heard or saw. Preference to Korean dishes shows the same tendency as perception, Bulgogi, Bibimbop, Kalbi and Kimchi were the highly preferred group and Samgaetang, Bindaedduck, Chapchae, Dumpling and Raengmyon were mildly preferred one and Cucumber Kimchi, Kalbitang, Chun, Namul, Dduck were lower group of preference and Shinsunro and Goojeolpan were rarely preferred. These result shows that it is needed to advertise Korean dishes and to make events for globalization of Korean food.

개고기는 한국을 비롯한 중국, 일본, 프랑스, 벨기에, 독일, 필리핀, 베트남, 북미나 아프리카의 토인들, 미국 인디언, 카나다 원주민과 알래스카 원주민들이 식용하였다. 한국에서는 삼국시대부터 식용하여 온 오랜 역사가 있다. 그래서 개와 개고기 식용에 관련된 수많은 언어, 속담, 풍속이 있다. 오랜 역사 속에서 개고기 식용에 대한 수많은 기록과 요리 방법이 있다. 그러나 현재는 보신탕, 수육, 전골, 두루치기, 무침, 개소주 등의 요리만 남아 있다. 한국에서는 전통적 풍속에 따라 여름 복날 모두 개고기를 먹는다. 또, 충남의 부여, 서천, 보령, 청양 지방과 그에 접한 공주, 익산, 논산 일부에서는 장례, 회갑, 생일 등의 집안 행사에 개를 잡아서 손님을 접대하는 풍속이 있고, 이 범위는 점점 확대되고 있다. 이곳은 과거 백제의 중심지역이었다. 그럼에도 불구하고 외국인들이 한국의 개고기 음식문화를 비판하는 것은 부당하고, 월권적인 행위이다.

Although it is increasing the number of day-care centers in Korea, but the quality of food and nutrition service are not increased sufficiently. The purpose of this study was to investigate the current practices of food and nutrition service in day-care centers. Questionnaire were sent to the directors of 750 day-care centers and 253 returned the complete answers. Staffing structure revealed that only 13% of the facilities had a dietitian. And compared with centers without a dietitian, there were more centers having nutritional standards, using facilities for service, and having long-term planning of meals in centers with a dietitian. In the using of foodservice budget, the centers having dietitian consumed more money for subsidiary dishes than for the staples. All centers needed increment of supplementation for the cost of foodservice and for hiring a dietitian. To improve the quality of food and nutrition services in day-care center, foodservice practices have to be conducted by professional personnel and to confirm the standard of service and to inspect the management of food and nutritional service.

This study presents a sociocultural study of 'traditional' as well as contemporary dietary construtions among Seoulites. It also represents the first interdisciplinary study of food between nutritional science and anthropology in Korea. This study was performed a case study based on in- depth interviews with those who were born around the Japanese occupation period and raised in Seoul experiencing radical social changes modern Korean history. The participants were mostly in their late sixties and very knowledgeable of 'traditional' foods of Seoul and the ways they were made and consumed. This interview data show the historicity of foods were used and understood differently in past and represented different understandings of, for instances, 'nature' and 'culture' of Seoulites. This study not only provides new approaches to food study but also identifies the common ground on which an interdisciplinary study of food between nutritionists and anthropologists can develop.

본 연구는 육성된 품종을 이용하여 초밥에 적합한 품종 선발하고 그 특성을 파악하여 향후 초밥에 적합한 품종을 육종하기 위한 선발지표를 탐색하기위해 국내 육성품종에 대해 초밥조리전문가들이 초밥 적성을 평가하도록 하여 초밥 적합 품종을 선발하였고, 이 품종들의 이화학적 특성과 호화특성을 조사하였다. 호품, 신동진이 초밥의 전체적인 외관 및 밥맛 비교에서 다른 국내 육성품종에 비해 우수하였고 초밥적성 품종으로 알려진 고시히까리와 차이가 없었다. 호화특성에서 강하점도(Breakdown)는 신동진, 호품, 고시히까리가 높았고, 치반점도(Setback)는 주안, 신동진, 호품이 고시히까리와 비슷한 음의 값을 보여 공시재료의 전체적인 호화특성은 신동진, 호품이 고시히까리와 비슷한 특성을 나타내었다. 이와 같이 호품과 신동진이 초밥용 외관 및 맛 선호도, 호화특성이 다른 품종에 비해 우수한 특성을 나타내어 초밥에 적합한 품종으로의 활용이 기대된다. 초밥조리전문가 31명에 의한 7개 품종의 초밥 적합성 평가와 쌀 및 밥의 이화학적 특성 호화특성과의 상관분석을 실시한 결과, 초밥 적합성과 호화특성 간에 유의한 상관성이 인정되었다. 호화특성 중 최고점도, 강하점도는 초밥적합성과 정의 상관을, 치반점도는 부의 상관을 나타내었다. 따라서 호화특성은 초밥에 적합한 품종선발을 위한 선발지표로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.