- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Kyung Hee University
2024-2025
Kyung Hee University Medical Center
2024-2025
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
2024-2025
Ultra-processed foods are linked to adverse health outcomes, making it crucial monitor consumption trends. Despite rising due Westernized diets in Asia, long-term studies targeting Asian adults lacking. Thus, we analyzed ultra-processed food trends among Korean from 1998 2022. Additionally, compared intakes before and during the pandemic evaluate potential impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, nutrient profiles non-ultra-processed group intakes. This study used data Korea National Health...
Abstract Prior research has predominantly focused on the overall effects of tobacco tax increase and COVID-19 pandemic adolescent smoking behavior. However, there is a need to examine both immediate sustained associations these two factors subgroups adolescents, employing an interrupted time-series model. We aimed investigate association prevalence. This study utilized data from Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey analyze prevalence current among all participants (CSP) daily smokers...
After sporadic reports of post-treatment control HIV in children who initiated combination anti-retroviral therapy (cART) early, we prospectively studied 284 very-early-cART-treated from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, after vertical transmission to assess viremia. Eighty-four percent the achieved aviremia on cART, but persisting 36 or more months was observed only 32%. We that male infants have lower baseline plasma viral loads (P = 0.01). Unexpectedly, a subset (n 5) males maintained despite...
Abstract Background The imperative arises to study the impact of socioeconomic factors on acceptance SARS-CoV-2 and influenza vaccines amid changes in immunization policies during COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To enhance targeted public health strategies improve age-specific based identified risk factors, this investigated associations between sociodemographic vaccination behaviors pandemic, with emphasis vaccine cost policies. Methods This analyzed data from Korean Community Health Survey...
The need to understand subjective health has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, given its substantial impact on lifestyle habits and perceptions. Thus, this study aimed investigate trends association of with demographic behavioral factors, primarily focusing change when pandemic emerged. This used data from Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, comprising 1,190,468 adolescents aged 12–18 years (female, 48.49%). We investigated factors 2006 2023. A weighted linear regression...
The issue of adolescent secondhand smoke (SHS) is globally significant, given that it serves as a preventable risk factor for disease prevalence and mortality rates among youth. This study evaluates trends in SHS across 27 countries from 2003 to 2021, aiming identify global variations sex-specific differences, providing insights future policy recommendations. data this were collected the Global School-based Student Health Survey conducted by World Organization, 2003–2021. term context...
This study aimed to investigate temporal changes in smoking prevalence among adolescents aged 13-15 across 23 countries and assess individual country-level factors influencing behaviour.