Dietary Issues and Challenges on Cardiometabolic Health in Korea: From a Viewpoint of a National Nutrition Surveillance System.
- Author:
Kyong Won LEE
1
;
Kyong PARK
;
Seung Min LEE
;
Hyunjung LIM
;
Min Jeong SHIN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Nutrition surveillance; Cardiometabolic disease; Dietary risk; Policy; Nutrition policy
- MeSH: Chronic Disease; Korea*; Methods; Nutrition Policy; Public Health
- From:Clinical Nutrition Research 2017;6(1):1-6
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A national nutrition surveillance system is an essential instrument for the detection of nutrition and nutrition-related health problems that can assist on policy implementation. The role of nutritional surveillance in detecting trends of nutritional problems and predicting their risks has become more important as its strong scientifically based method and evidences may provide insights on chronic disease risks. In this review, we attempted to identify dietary issues of Korean cardiometabolic disease (CMD) based on the national nutrition surveillance system and addressed gaps and limitations in the system. In addition, an alternative way on how the system can overcome these problems with the view of ultimately improving public health in Korea was discussed.
