This study aim to evaluate dietary quality and nutritional status according to the consumption of health functional food using Nutrition Quotient for Korean elderly (NQ-E) for 288 elderly people attending senior welfare centers in Gyeonggi-do. The questionnaire consisted of items about general information, health functional food, and Nutrition Quotient for Korean elderly (NQ-E). Chi-squared test, Fisher's exact tests, and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were performed using the SAS program ver. 9.4. Among the male and female subjects, the female subjects consumed more health functional food. The results of the dietary quality and nutritional status difference according to the intake of health functional food showed significant differences only in the areas of variety and abstinence among nutrition quotient factors for men, while no significant differences were observed in any of the nutrition quotient factors for women. In conclusion, focused-nutrition education program and useful guideline is needed for promoting adequate consumption of health functional foods in elderly.

본 연구에서는 2008년 6월과 2009년 5월 조사기간 동안 금강의 상･중･하류부의 14개 지점을 선정해서 이･화학적 수질의 특성을 파악하였으며 어류군집의 분포 및 길드 분석과 어류생물통합지수(Fish Assessment Index, FAI)의 다 변수 8개 메트릭을 이용해 금강 수계의 건강도를 평가하였다. 수질 변수 평균 변화를 분석해 본 결과 중상류지점은 수질변수의 변이양상이 크게 없었고 갑천과 미호천이 합류되는 지점부터 유기물질이 축적되어 수질 변수가 급격한 변이양상을 보였다. 이･화학적 수질 특성을 분석한 결과, 미호천과 갑천이 합류되는 하류지점부터 BOD, COD, TN, TP, Cond, Chl-a는 증가하는 경향을 보였고 DO는 감소하여 부영양화와 녹조현상이 진행되고 있는 것으로 사료된다. 어류 군집 분석 결과, 종 풍부도지수와 종 다양도 지수는 중상류지점에서는 증가한 양상을 보인 반면 하류구간에서 는 감소하는 양상을 보여 상류는 생태적 안정성은 양호하고 하류는 생태적으로 비교적 불안정한 것으로 보였다. 어류종 분포 분석결과 우점종은 피라미(Zacco platypus)이며 전체 어종의 20.9%를 차지하였고 아우점종은 참갈겨니 (Zacco koreanus)가 13.1%를 차지했다. 어류 내성도 및 섭식길드 특성 분석에 따르면, 중상류지점에는 민감종, 충식성 그리고 여울성 어종이 우점한 반면 미호천이 유입되면서 하수종말처리장 오염원으로 영향을 받는 하류구간부터 내성종, 잡식성 그리고 정수성 어종 우점에 결정적인 영향을 준 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 우리는 수질 상태를 개선하기 위해 특히 도심 오염원의 부하량을 줄이도록 노력해야 하며 수생태계 보존과 복원에 관심이 필요한 것으로 요구 된다.

In this study, 40 residents of the Gwangyang and Yeosu areas were assessed for their level of exposure to heavy metals (As, Cd, Ni) from April 2017 to June 2018. The aim was to understand the differences in levels of indoor exposure to heavy metals (As, Cd, Ni), and a health risk assessment was conducted to determine whether there was any fatal cause from carcinogenic elements. The mean concentrations of PM10 particles indoors were As 0.24 μg/m3, Cd 0.07 μg/m3, and Ni 0.89 μg/m3. The health risk assessment for the arsenic, cadmium, and nickel in indoor air confirmed that the mean values exceeded the cancer risk tolerances specified by the U.S. EPA, for As (males 3.07 × 10−4, females 3.35 × 10−4), Cd (males 3.83 × 10−5, females 4.18 × 10−5), and Ni (males 6.36 × 10−5, females 6.95 × 10−5).

갯벌의 건강 수준에 대한 평가는 갯벌에 서식하는 생물의 건강에 의해 평가될 수 있다. 생체지 표유전자의 발현 분석을 통하여 갯벌에 서식하는 생물의 건강 수준을 평가할 수 있다. 본 연구 의 목적은 heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), glutathione S-transferases (GST) 및 thioredoxin (TRX)과 같은 생체지표유전자를 이용하여 서해안 갯벌의 건강을 평가하는 것이다. 이들 유전자는 스트레스, 면역 및 항산화 관련한 유전자들로서 이들 유전자의 발현을 통해 생물의 건강 정도를 관찰하는 데 사용할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 서해안의 8개 정점에서 바지락(Ruditapes philippinarum)을 수집했다. 유전자의 발현은 RT-qPCR 방법으로 분석하였다. 연구 결과 Hsp70, Hsp90, GST 및 TRX 유전자들의 발현이 8개 정점에서 차별적으로 발현되는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, Hsp90 및 GST의 발현 또는 Hsp70 및 TRX의 발현은 유사하였다. 이것 은 각 유전자에 특이적으로 반응하는 물질이 존재하는 것으로 생각된다. 따라서 이화학적 분석 결과에 근거하여 분석에 적합한 유전자를 선택할 수 있다고 생각한다. 이 결과는 Hsp70, Hsp90, GST 및 TRX 유전자는 갯벌의 건강을 평가하기 위한 생체지표유전자로서의 역할을 수행함을 시사한다.

This study was conducted targeting 30 residents of Gwangyang industrial complex area from April to May 2017 to assess their level of exposure to VOCs and conduct a health risk assessment for individual exposure. The aim was to understand the difference in levels of indoor, outdoor and personal exposure to VOCs (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, p-xylene, o-xylene) and a health risk assessment was conducted to determine whether there was any fatal cause from carcinogenic or non-carcinogenic elements from a respiratory disease patients. In the case of benzene in the air, the geometric levels of the group are indoor, outdoor and personal exposure; on the CTE, RME condition and Monte-Carlo analysis, all subjects were seen to exceed the carcinogenicity tolerance of 10−6 specified by the US EPA. In the case of toluene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, p-xylene, o-xylene on the CTE, RME condition and Monte-Carlo analysis, the non-carcinogenic standard of 1 was not exceeded.

The objective of this study was to describe the development and testing of an initial ecological health assessment model, based on the index of biological integrity (IBI) using fish assemblages, before establishing the final and currently used model for ecological health assessment, conservation and management of freshwater fish in Korea. The initial fish IBI model was developed during 2004~2006 and included 10 metrics, and in 2007 the final IBI 8-metric model was established for application to streams and rivers in four major Korean watersheds. In this paper, we describe how we developed fish sampling methods, determined metric attributes and categorized tolerance guilds and trophic guilds during the development of the multi-metric model. Two of the initial metrics were removed and the initial evaluation categories were reduced from six to four (excellent, good, fair, poor) before establishing the final national fish model. In the development phase, IBI values were compared with chemical parameters (BOD and COD as indicators of organic matter pollution) and physical habitat parameters to identify differences in IBI model values between chemical and physical habitat conditions. These processes undertaken during the development of the IBI model may be helpful in understanding the modifications made and contribute to creating efficient conservation and management strategies for stream environments to be used by limnologists and fish ecologists as well as stream/watershed managers.

금강의 하천관리의 실질적인 자료를 얻고자 본류와 미호천의 30지소에서 수변식생지수를 이용하여 건강성평가와 다변량식생분석을 하였다. 그 결과 금강본류와 미호천에서 출현한 식물군락은 54개이었고, 식물상은 75과 185속 243종 2아종 21변종 2품종 268분류군이었다. 수변식생지수는 평균 38.3(3.3;G-D1 ~ 66.7;G-U2, G-U4, G-M3)으로 이 지역의 하천의 건강성은 보통(C등급)으로 평가되었다. 하천의 건강성은 금강본류의 상류가 가장 높았고, 금강본류의 하류에서 가장 낮았다. 수변식생지수와 수질의 클로로필-a의 함량과의 관계는 관련성이 낮게 나타났다. 집락분석결과, 식생은 바랭이군락 그룹, 갯버들군락 그룹, 개망초군락 그룹, 환삼덩굴, 버드나무, 물억새 그리고 달뿌리풀 군락이 우점하는 그룹, 망초와 물피 군락이 우점하는 그룹 등의 5개 집단으로 나누어졌고, 지소들은 비슷한 건강상태를 갖는 것들끼리 가까이 나타났다. CCA분석결과, 식생의 분포에 영향을 주는 환경요인은 식생면적, 인공구조물 면적, 수로면적, 지점폭, 수로폭, 제방높이 등의 물리적인 조건과 생물학적 요인의 출현종수였다. 이상과 같이 하천의 건강성이 높은 지역은 모니터링을 통하여 하천 식생의 지속적인 유지관리가 필요하고 건강성이 낮은 지역은 생태복원과 같은 적극적인 시행이 필요하다고 판단된다.

The objective of the this study was to identify the potential relationship between eating breakfast together as a family and the nutritional status among Korean adolescents based on the 2013~2015 Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey data. This study investigated 1,300 adolescents ranging in agee from twelve to eighteen years-old. In this study, according to their eating breakfast together as a family or skipping breakfast, we classified the subjects into the eating breakfast together as a family (EBF group) (male=379, female=295), eating breakfast alone (EBA group) (male=177, female=169) and skipping breakfast (SB group) (male=152, female=128). Both male and female, age in the EBF group was lower than those of the EBA and SB group (p<0.0001, respectively). In the male, the EBF group exhibited significantly higher fiber (p=0.0168) and potassium density (p=0.0065) and lower beverage intake (% energy) (p=0.0040) than the EBA and SB groups. No difference was observed the proportion of subjects who practiced a healthy diet between three groups, however, the EBF and EBA groups had a smaller proportion of subjects who were in a condition of hypo-nutrition compared to the SB group (p<0.0001, respectively). The present findings suggest that the practice of eating breakfast together as a family in adolescents may bean important consideration in relation to micro-nutrient intake status.

The purpose of this study was to analyze fish communities in the Wonju stream located in Wonju-si in Gangwon-do, and to evaluate the health of the stream through past and present changes. We performed investigations four times from May 2015 to September 2016. In the survey, 5,201 individuals which belonged to 27 species and 9 families were collected. Zacco platypus was the dominant species and Pungtungia herziwas the subdominant species. Eight Korean endemic species (Acanthorhodeus gracilis, Zacco koreanus, Coreoleuciscus splendidus, Squalidus gracilis majimae, Microphysogobio yaluensis, Iksookimia koreensis, Koreocobitis rotundicaudata, Coreoperca herzi) were observed and showed a ratio of 16.54%. The fish community of dominance (0.72±0.10), diversity (1.37±0.32), evenness (0.61±0.13), and richness (1.70±0.23) were evaluated. According to our analysis of tolerance guilds, the total individual number of intermediate species was higher than the sensitive and tolerant species. As a result of the trophic guild analysis,the omnivore and insectivore species were relatively high. The value of the qualitative habitat evaluation index (QHEI) in the wonju stream was averaged 121.2 (±23.4), indicating a suboptimal condition. Stream health showed that the fish assessment index (FAI) value was an A to C grade in the Wonju stream. A correlation coefficient analysis with FAI and various factors was analysed statistically, and had a high correlation in QHEI, with the omnivore species, insectivore species, intermediate species, sensitive species, dominance, diversity, evenness, and richness.

In this study, the fauna of freshwater fish were investigated from March until October of 2016 in 24 independent streams in the Jeonnam and Jeonbuk provinces, which were flowing into the Yellow Sea. The health of the aquatic ecosystem in those streams was assessed through the biological and abiological character index (BAc index). During the surveyed period, a total of 4,127 individuals were collected; they belonged to 59 species of 44 genera in 18 families. The most dominant species identified was Zacco platypus, and 12 species were endemic species of Korea, including Rhodeus uyekii. The BAc index indicated a statistically significant correlation (p<0.01 or 0.05). The stage distribution of the aquatic ecosystem health assessment showed the highest rating of 41.7% at the “Fair” stage. The “Good” and “Poor” stages accounted for 20.8% while the “Excellent” stage took up 16.7%. It has been confirmed that the aquatic ecosystem health of independent streams is influenced more by the abiological character index as a consequence of geographical characteristics and artificial/natural limiting factors, than by the biological character index.