Research

Research on global and national nutrition grading schemes and trends in sugar and sodium intake  |  2025.10-2025.12  |  PI  |  $20,000

Development of a practical guide for healthy eating in public facilities  |  2024.04-2024.08  |  PI  |  $20,000 

Monitoring of sugar intake among Seoul Citizens  | 2022.06-2022.10  |  PI  |  $17,000

Food citizenship project with multicultural immigrant women  |  2018.02-2018.12  |  PI  |  $190,000 

Monitoring the healthy restaurant certificate program  |  2014.07-2015.02  |  PI  |  $13,299

Monitoring ‘Healthy Tuck Shop’ and ‘Breakfast Club’ programs  | 2013.06-2014.02  |  PI (Co-investigator with Dr. K. Kim)  |  $99,996 

Monitoring food additive intake levels and policy-based management  | 2012.04-2013.02  |  PI |  $60,000 

Development of tailored nutrition education model for optimal behavioral development among children from multicultural families based on household and regional food environments  |  2020.03-2023.08  |  PI  |  $200,000 

Development of household eating and food environment index related to optimal behavioral development among children from multicultural families  |  2017.03-2020.02  |  PI  | $150,000 

 Development of tailored feedback service and nutrition education e-library for prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents  |  2014.09-2016.09  |  PI  |  $140,000 

Need assessment for obesity prevention and management program and design of the program delivery systems  |  2013.09-2014.09  |  Co-investigator with Dr. J. Shim (PI)  |  $65,000 

Identification of factors related to inadequate nutritional status of intermarried couples: special focus on Vietnamese marriage immigrants  |  2011.05-2014.04  |  PI  |  $149,997 

Development of predictors of cardiovascular diseases  | 2000.09-2001.08  | PI  |  $4,800 

Establishment and revision of 2025 Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans  |  2023.05-2025.11  |  PI  |  $400,000 

The 2nd-year study on the application of the 2020 Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans  | 2022.04-2022.11  | PI  |  $130,000 

The 1st-year study on the application of the 2020 Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans  | 2021.04-2021.10  |  Co-investigator with Dr. M. Lee (PI)  |  $130,000 

Revision of Korean National Dietary Guidelines  |  2020.04-2020.11  |  Co-investigator with Dr. M. Lee (PI)  |  $30,000 

Establishment and revision of 2020 Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans  | 2018.04-2020.04  |  Co-investigator with Dr. O. Kwon (PI)  |  $300,000 

2026.01-2028.12

2028.01-2026.12 

Establishment of Pakistan-Korea Nutrition Center (PKNC) to improve child and community nutrition  |  2021.06-2026.12  |   Co-investigator with Dr. J. Kim (PI)  |  $7,000,000 

Development of Food Safety Management Support Standards by Facility Type in Small-Scale Meal Service Facilities for People with Disabilities  |  2026.03-2026.11  |  Co-investigator with Dr. K. Kim (PI)  |  $35,556

Personalized Dietary Nutrition Management and Information Provision for Developmental Disabilities and Others  |  2026.03-2026.11  |  Co-investigator with Dr. J. Oh (PI)  |  $311,000

A Study on Revising the Daily Intake Amount of Nutrients in Health Functional Foods  |  2026.02-2026.11  |  Co-investigator with Dr. Y. Park (PI)  |  $5,926

Establishment and revision of Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs)  |  2025.02-2025.11  |  Co-investigator with Dr. E. Park (PI)  |  $150,000 

Development of standardized models for age- and disease-specific nutritional management (personalized diet plans, nutritional counseling protocols, etc.)  |  2024.02-2024.11  |   PI  |  $120,000

Effect analysis of the establishment and operation of childcare and social welfare foodservice management support centers  |  2024.02-2024.11  | Co-investigator with Dr. K. Kim (PI)  |  $65,000 

Development and applicability evaluation of nutrition education contents for children  |  2023.02-2023.11  |  PI  |  $120,000 

Development and application of customized healthy eating information for children and the elderly  |  2021.02-2021.11  | Co-investigator with Dr. H. Kim (PI)  |  $180,000 

Development of a Korean survey system for health functional food consumption  |  2021.02-2021.11  |  PI  |  $80,000 

Cost-benefit analysis guide for reevaluation of regulatory impact analysis  |  2015.06-2015.11  |  PI  |  $19,655 

Environmental risk assessment guidance manual for agricultural produce  |  2015.06-2015.11  |  PI  |  $48,100 

Establishment of integrated safety network on the food contaminants derived from environment  |  2015.02-2015.11  |  Co-investigator with Dr. M. Jung (PI)  |  $500,000 

Development of evaluation methods for diet quality across the life cycle  |  2022.04-2023.12  |  Co-investigator with Dr. H. Kim (PI)  |  $220,000 

2021.01-2026.12  |  PI  |  $3,660,000 

Development of dish-based food ingredient Database for the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey  |  2020.07-2021.07  | Co-investigator with Dr. M. Chang (PI)  |  $120,000 

Development of nutrient database for processed foods for the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey  |  2015.07-2016.01  |  PI  |  $45,454 

Development of questionnaire items and evaluation index of dietary behavior for Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey  |  2014.03-2014.12  |  Co-investigator with Dr. H. Moon (PI)  |  $50,000 

Design of food and nutrient database and development of database management system for Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey  |  2013.05-2013.12  |  Co-investigator with Dr. H. Moon (PI)  |  $112,500 

Analysis of health and economic effects of red ginseng consumption  | 2018.12 - 2020.01  | PI  |  $70,000 

Nutrition education program for preschooler and elementary-school students based on new dietary guidelines for Koreans  |  2016.05-2016.09  |  PI  |  $16,000 

Nutrition education program for marriage immigrant women in multicultural families  |  2014.12-2015.02  |  PI  |  $3,000 

Eating behaviors and dietary intake survey for older adults residing in rural areas  |  2013.08-2014.03  |  PI  |  $86,500 

Seoul Metropolitan Government. Evaluation of therapeutic effect of functional Bibimbap for the obesity treatment in foreign countries  |  2011.12-2012.12  |  Co-investigator with Dr. J. Lee (PI)  |  $210,000