PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.13 No.7, February 13, 2020 Article TypeEpidemiology and SurveillanceNoncommunicable Disease Statistics

• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2020-02-13

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  Contact Tracing Results of the First Confirmed COVID-19 Case in the Republic of Korea

  Hyun Junghee, Kim Jeonghyun, Lee Hyeyoung, Gwack Jin, Kim JaEun, Lee EunYoung, Kim TaeKyung, Kim Hansuk

  Public Health Weekly Report 2020; 13(7): 352-358

  

  

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  On December 31st, 2019 the China National Health Commission (NHC) reported that an unknown cause of pneumonia had been detected in Wuhan in Hubei province. The NHC later confirmed that the infection was a novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia (NCIP). On February 12th, the disease caused by novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has a formal name, COVID-19.
  On January 20th, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Korea. The purpose of this study was to conduct a case study of the first COVID-19 infection and the aim was to offer suggestions to public health workers on how to prepare for future pandemics. More specifically, this study explored the results of epidemiological investigations focused on preventing the spread of an infectious disease by identifying contacts when the first confirmed case occurs. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) conducted a contact tracing survey immediately after the first case was confirmed. According to the epidemiology report, 45 people were classified as active monitoring cases. They were supervised by a quarantine station and public health centers for 14 days. During the surveillance period, four potential cases occurred but the Pancoronavirus test (Conventional RT-PCR) and the gene sequencing tests came back negative for COVID-19. On February 3rd, 2020, surveillance was lifted for these cases.

• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2020-02-13

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  The Daily Dietary Sugar Intake in Korea, 2018

  Yeon Soyeong, Kweon Sanghui, Oh kyunwon

  Public Health Weekly Report 2020; 13(7): 359-366

  

  

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  Sugars are present, not only in processed foods, but in raw natural foods. Excessive intake of any type of sugar can be a factor in the development and exacerbation of various chronic diseases. Therefore, sugar is recognized as a nutrient that requires intake restrictions such as those recommended for sodium and saturated fats. This aim of this study was to determine the dietary sugar intake of adults and children in Korea. To that end, a sugar database was created based on the 2018 data found in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).
  Of the 4,271 foods that were used to build the sugar database, 77.87% of the foods were from domestic and overseas sources with similar sugar values, while 22.13% of the foods had similar biological or culinary characteristics. Using the 2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey (KNHANES VII-3), this study found that the average sugar intake was 58.9g (men 63.4g, women 54.4g), the highest intake was 70.2g (ages 10~18) and the lowest intake was 42.4g (ages 70 and over). The major food sources of sugar intake were fruits, fruit beverages and drinks, and milk and dairy products.
  Most dietary guidelines recommend reducing the intake of sugar (in particular added sugars) to 10% of an individual’s daily energy intake. In this study, one limitation of the sugar database was that it did not distinguish naturally occurring sugar and added sugar. Follow up studies are required.

• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2020-02-13

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  Water Intake and its Impact as a Factor of Behavior among Korean Adolescents: Results of the 2019 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  Kim Jihee, Kim Soyeon, Lee Jihye, Oh Kyungwon

  Public Health Weekly Report 2020; 13(7): 367-373

  

  

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  The primary objective of this study was to examine water intake among Korean adolescents. The secondary objective was to measure water intake as a factor of behavior. Data for the study was gathered from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted in 2019. Of the 57,303 individuals sampled, 44.2% of the male respondents and 25.9% of the female respondents reported that they had consumed more than five glasses of water a day during the seven-day period prior to participating in the survey. This study found that the more water adolescents drank the more they consumed healthy food and beverages - fruit, vegetables, and milk - and the less unhealthy foods such as carbonated beverages and sugar-sweetened beverages they consumed. This study also found that adolescents who drank more than five glasses of water a day were more physically active than those who did not.

• Noncommunicable Disease Statistics 2020-02-13

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  The Ratio of Nutrient Intake to Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)by Nutrient, 2018; Trends in the proportion of consuming more than 500g of vegetables and fruits per day, 2007-2018

  Public Health Weekly Report 2020; 13(7): 374-377

  

  

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