기능성식품의 최근활용동향과 활용자들의 반응에 대한 평가

Abstract

When it was past, food· clothing and shelter were the basis of interest, did quantity of food by putting first but it caused by adult disease that accepted west dietary partly. What is worse, the serious problem is that the prevalence rate of chronic disease is increasing more and more as like from 1995· 29.9% to 1998· 41.0%. Korean typical chronic diseases have been come out mainly such as cutaneous disease an arthritis and lumbago, diabetes and hypertension, sciatica and gastritis, digestive ulcer. This thesis will research about functional food that effect seems to be in diseases was appeared. In our country, according to law about health functional food that offer to consumers right information. Similarly, Government could help as can develope more various new products to enterprise by backing systematically and widen adequate knowledge of food selection to consumers. But, development of this functional food estimate a few risk factors. For competitive power hold in the world market the product need the method that develop using peculiar. A technology that learned circles extract and separate material with proof of physiological vitality was a good achievement to promote the development of functional food and bring it up to present status. At the same time, there need to study for long period and a great number of people. The aim of this study was to find out the selection criteria and consumption trend of functional food which offers clinical and nutritional values. Functional food has been widely used as folk medicine for centuries, especially for health care and disease. This study also focused to functional food, as a means of settling the problem about the entry into the aging society, increase of chronic diseases and curtailment of the healthy life expectancy. So, it is examined outside present condition and view and effect of functional food. These was academically designated as functional food. The study was performed through questionnaires with total 170 peoples of in mostly Gwang-ju and Jeon-nam area including all whole area from June 1 to October 10, 2005. So, analytical statistics compiled from authentic. It would be the last to overlook this fact, there are used to be taking that mostly people's didn't know function food concept. This hypothesis will research to show the following facts as below; First, Is the functional food efficacious food against various disease? Second, How often take the functional food and then experience alternative therapy, also? Third, What is your purpose taking the functional food, take precautions or cure a disease? Forth, Is the functional food influenced efficacious food on health care, to be taken functional food? It was interesting to know the fact that though the peoples are used to taking the food, most of them did not know the concept of functional food. All people responded to the questions of the healthy index that functional food relief their physical discomforts. The research's results are condensed as follows; One: The persons answering the questionnaire have improved considerably of body health index was 85.9%. The functional food took a turn for the better about illness, discomfort, pain. Two: The persons answering the questionnaire took the functional food 89.4%, and the persons answering the questionnaire have experience alternative therapy 80.0%. Three: The persons answering the questionnaire purpose treatment human physical body's 43%, the persons answering the questionnaire purpose precautions of illness 40.8%. Four: After taking the functional food, the functional food effected answered 82.4%, and 63.1% people will continue to take the functional foods. Questionnaires conclude that the functional foods are beneficial for health care and most of the people therefore, will continue to take the functional foods. The functional food's instead of hospital or clinic without they have no difficult professional instrument. This thesis showed the result that the functional food's above mentioned such as, the functional food's good effect for the disease cure and prevention.