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W elcome
to the December
edition of AFICNews.
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DATES
FOR YOUR DIARY
NEW
FROM AFIC
Check out for
AFIC’s most recent press release, ‘Celebrations without Waistline Consequences
... (English,
ภาษาไทย)’,
some practical tips to maintain your weight through the festive season.
For more information or journalist enquiries, email
info@afic.org.
Most
Frequently Reported Food Safety and Nutrition Topics in Korean Magazine
Nutrition, Health and Food
Safety Coverage in
19 Korean Magazines on Sale in November 2005
Note: These
figures are based on simple counting method of topic headings and do not allow
for differences in length or depth of feature articles.
COMMENTS
ON MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED ISSUES AREAS
Healthy
Eating/Lifestyles (25%)
Consistent with interest shown in the daily press, healthy lifestyle coverage in
2005 accounted for a quarter of this year’s coverage. Popular topics include
promotion of fruits and vegetables, effect of healthy diet on physical
appearance and good health, importance of fluids and general pointers to guard
against common food-borne diseases. To read “A Varied Diet for Better Health”,
please click
here.
Functional
Foods (18%)
Always a
popular topic, functional foods accounted for 18% of this year’s coverage,
though significantly less than 2004’s 28%. Foods to supplement general wellbeing
are given some attention, as are traditional favourites like soybeans, oyster
mushroom, ginseng, green tea and kimchi. For more information on the health
benefits off fruit and vegetables, click on “Health
Advice to Eat More Fruit and Vegetables”.
Exercise/Physical
Activity & Diet (14%)
This seems like a topic that is gaining interest with the
Korean public, with coverage up 11% from 2004’s 3%. Coverage was primarily
dedicated to the positive effect of exercise on ‘healthy’ weight loss, with
exercise programs like yoga, pilates, dance routines, and derivatives of popular
martial arts. Please click
here to
read more about “Weighing Less – Easier with Exercise?
Some
Questions and Answers”.
Children’s
Diet & Health (12%)
Children’s Diet & Health coverage at 12% of total sample
surveyed, was 2% higher than last year recorded media coverage The importance
of breakfast, childhood obesity, prevention measures against bird flu, and the
role of a balanced and healthy diet in child development were some of the more
prominent topics covered in this category. Please follow the link to read “Kid’s
Corner”.
Infant
Feeding/Breastfeeding (6%)
Infant feeding coverage dropped 4% from last year’s 10%
coverage, with topics including weaning and breastfeeding practices and tips, as
well as suggestions on types of foods that are suitable for children of this
age. To read more about “Milk Matters for Babies and Toddlers”, click
here.
Overweight/Obesity/Weight
Control (5%)
This
area recorded a similar amount of coverage as last year’s survey, demonstrating
that there is still plenty of interest in the topic. Diets, weight loss
programs, and childhood obesity were the most common topics discussed. Please
click
here to
view “What You Need to Know about Weight Management”.
The
Asian Food information Centre is a not-for profit Singapore-registered
organization Its mission is to effectively communicate sound science based
information on food safety, health and nutrition to the media and other key
audiences in Asia
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