This study was conducted to examine the status of food consumption and nutrition intake of young adults according to food security using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) (2008~2018). A total of 10,655 young adults aged 19~34 years participated in the study. The subjects in the moderately/severely food insecure group consumed less fruits, vegetables, meat, nuts and seeds than those in food secure/mildly food insecure group after adjusting for confounding factors. The moderately/severely food insecure group significantly decreased mean adequacy ratio (MAR) and nutrient adequacy ratio (NAR) for protein, vitamin A, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and iron compared to the food secure/ mildly food insecure group. The percentages of the participants consuming a daily diet with carbohydrate, protein, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, phosphorus and iron less than the estimated average requirement (EAR) increased in the moderately/severely food insecure group compared with the food secure group. This study suggested that the nutrition intake of young adults was related to food security status. These findings can be used as basic data for developing nutritional policies for young adults.

A survey of consumers' awareness and attitudes about food biotechnology was conducted during May through August of 2001 with a random sample of 750 Korean consumers. More than 70% of the respondents was exposed to some informations related to genetically modified (GM) foods. The greatest benefit of the development of GM foods was thought to be the remedy for the food shortage in the future. More than 90% of Korean consumers wanted GM foods labeled. About 20% of the respondents would buy GM foods voluntarily, whereas over 50% would not until they found out more. More consumers responded that they would not buy herbicide-tolerant GM soybean but buy vitamin-enriched GM soybean. It seemed to be that many Korean consumers do not make decisions of acceptance or rejection of GM foods not on the basis of biotechnology but on the basis of the words) used to describe the products, such as herbicide and vitamin. Only 4% of Korean consumers responded that GM foods were the greatest safety-threatening factor of Korean foods and that the most interested information on food labels was whether the food was produced by biotechnology.

안토시아닌 색소가 다량 함유된 자색고구마를 이용하여 음료, 와인을 제조하는 방법과 음료, 와인, 분말, 식초, 색소의 저장기간별 색소 안정성을 구명코자 시험을 수행한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 자색고구마 음료는 총고형분 15.6%, 당도 11.8Brix˚% , pH 4.1이었고, 와인은 알코올 12.6%, 당도 7.8Brix˚% , pH 4.9이었다. 음료와 와인의 색소 안정성은 4개월 저장 후에도 제조 시와 별다른 차이가 없었다. 2. 자색고구마 90% + 유자 5% + 벌꿀 5%로 조제한 음료가 자색고구마 100%나 자색고구마 80% + 유자 10% + 벌꿀 10%에 비하여 기호도가 높았고, 숙성온도는 30℃ 에 비하여 45℃ 가 더 높은 기호도를 보였다. 3. 자색고구마의 분말과 식초, 색소는 4개월 저장 후에도 색도의 변화가 없어 높은 안정성을 보였다.