PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.17 No.37, September 26, 2024 Article TypeOriginal ArticlesQuickStatsSurveillance Reports

• Original Articles 2024-09-26

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  Trends in Dietary Behavior of Korean Adolescents: Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2013–2022

  Jee-Seon Shim, Jeong Mi Lee, Yangha Kim, Sunhye Choi, Kyungwon Oh

  Public Health Weekly Report 2024; 17(37): 1563-1590 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2024.17.37.1

  

  

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  Adolescent dietary behaviors influence not only their current health but also their diet and health in adulthood. This study aimed to understand the trends in the dietary behavior of Korean adolescents over the past decade and to formulate policy suggestions to improve such behaviors. We analyzed thr trends of dietary behaviors using the data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2013–2022, and examined the changes in the last 2 years and the differences before and after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Over the past decade, the dietary behavior of Korean adolescents has worsened. Skipping breakfast and consumption of energy drinks have increased and fruit, vegetable, and milk consumption has greatly decreased. However, the increasing trends in consumption of fast foods, soda, and sugary drinks has slowed. Many adolescents reported skipping breakfast due to lack of time or appetite, and recently, more adolescents have reported thinking that it is okay not to eat breakfast. Many adolescents did not consume fruit or milk because they do not think they should consume it daily, or because it is cumbersome or tasteless. To improve the dietary behaviors of adolescents, it is necessary to improve their perception of a regular and balanced diet, provide a healthy eating environment, implement nutrition education, and strengthen leadership in managing nutrition at school and home. In addition, rapidly worsening dietary behavior must be monitored, the perceptions and attitudes of parents and adolescents regarding dietary behavior must be investigated and understood, and strategies to improve dietary behavior must be designed.

• Surveillance Reports 2024-09-26

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  Characteristics of Notified Tuberculosis Cases in the Republic of Korea, 2023

  Hyewon Lee, Jinsun Kim, Jieun Kim, Youngjoon Park, Jeonghwan Shin, Gunwoo Cho, Sukyeong Park, Ahhyeon Jang, Jeonghyeun Lee, Yujin Kim, Gahee Kim, Gyuri Park, Sunhye Kwon, Jeeyeon Kim, Boyeong Choi, Suhwan You, Soonyoung Seo, Chieeun Song, Jiyeon Han, Heejung Han, Jaetae Kim, Miri Jang, Jiae Shim, Seongju Choi, Hyeran Jeong, Hyeongyu Kim, Sunmi Han, Youngseok Park, Hoyong Choi, Hyekyung In, Gwangja Park, Seungkyu Oh, Ahyoung Park, Jina Park, Suyeon Kim, Jiyeon Lee, Yongjoon Park, HyeYoung Lee, Inmo Koo, Jaeil Yoo, YoungMi Kim, JeongSeob Lee, MinJi Lee

  Public Health Weekly Report 2024; 17(37): 1591-1608 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2024.17.37.2

  

  

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  In 2023, the total number of notified tuberculosis (TB) cases was 19,540 cases (38.2 cases per 100,000 population), down 4.1% from 2022 (n=20,383, 39.8 cases per 100,000 population). This represents a decrease of 61.3% over 12 consecutive years, with an annual average decrease of 7.6% after reaching the highest level in 2011. In addition, the total number of TB cases for people aged 65 years and older in 2023 was 11,309 cases (119.5 cases per 100,000 population), a 0.1% increase compared to 2022 (n=11,298), and the proportion of TB cases aged 65 years and older was 57.9%. This proportion has been increasing every year since 2000. Furthermore, the total number of foreign TB cases was 1,107 cases, an increase of 3.3% compared to 2022 (n=1,072), and the proportion of foreign TB cases was 5.7%, a slight increase from 2022 (5.3%). In 2023, the number of multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB) cases was 551 and represented a decrease of 1.6% compared to 2022 (n=560), and the proportion of MDR/RR-TB cases among total TB cases was 2.8%. In March 2023, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) established the Third National Strategic Plan for TB Control (2023–2027), which continues TB control projects for TB screening among vulnerable populations, people-centered TB case management, and the operation of a MDR-TB consortium, aiming to decrease the TB incidence rate to less than 20 cases per 100,000 population by 2027.

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  Trends in the Prevalence of Hypercholesterolemia, 2013–2022

  Public Health Weekly Report 2024; 17(37): 1609-1610 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2024.17.37.3

  

  

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