The Korea Tobacco Association (KTA) announced that it will start a campaign to prevent smoking among teenagers with students from ‘The School to help you Grow, Byeol’ and popular webtoonist Jeon Sun-wook, famous for his webtoon ‘Free draw’ on Naver. (Image : Kobizmedia / Korea Bizwire) SEOUL, Dec.2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Tobacco Association [...]
SEOUL, Dec.2 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study shows that eating habits of infants, such as breast feeding and nutrient intake, can have an influence childhood obesity. The National Health Insurance Corporation issued a report on the current status of obesity among children and teens, and techniques to deal with the problem. Professor Lee Hae-jung [...]
SEOUL, Dec.1 (Korea Bizwire) – A research team lead by professor Lee Won-jin at the Korea University’s Preventive Medicine Department has announced that since a ban was implemented on the production and sales of Paraquat, a herbicide often used to commit suicide, the number of suicides committed by drinking poisonous herbicides decreased by 56 percent. [...]
SEOUL, Dec.1 (Korea Bizwire) – It turns out that four out of ten Seoul citizens tend to think they are obese, and one out of four are actually obese. According to an infographic released by The Seoul Institute, the city’s official think tank, 23.9 percent of citizens had a higher BMI (body mass index) than [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea lowered its Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) alert level to its lowest readiness posture Tuesday with no new infections being reported in nearly five months, the government said. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said the decision to lower the readiness level from “yellow” to “blue” comes [...]
GOYANG, Nov.30 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials from Goyang City announced that they have installed ‘Stop Smoking Bells’ in non-smoking areas such as parks, libraries and bus stops. When one presses a ‘Stop Smoking Bell’, a recorded announcement is played, informing the smoker that the location is a non-smoking area, and asking them to stop smoking. [...]
SEOUL, Nov.29 (Korea Bizwire) – Males in their 30s and 40s intake more energy than they need, while females in their teens and 20s lack energy. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the ’2015 Korean Standard of Nutrient Intake’ on November 26. The results above were obtained after comparing the recommended energy estimate with [...]
SEOUL, Nov.27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has opened a research center to study the ingredients in cigarettes, their addictiveness and their risk on health. Located at the KCDC complex in Osong, Chungbuk Province, the research center will analyze the components of cigarettes and their fumes, usage among [...]
SEOUL, Nov.26 (Korea Bizwire) – Research indicates that the reason loneliness has a bad influence on health is because it evokes change in the immune system. Medical News Today reported that psychology Professor John Cacioppo of the University of Chicago announced the results of a study indicating that loneliness changes the gene expression of white [...]
SEOUL, Nov.26 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom and Facebook Korea have been selected by their employees as the best workplaces in Korea. On November 25, Job Planet and Fortune Korea held a ceremony to present awards to the companies selected as the best places to work. The companies were selected through anonymous interviews of current [...]