Nutrition Research and Practice
(Enacted in January 2007, most recently revised in March 2009)
Nutrition Research and Practice (Nutrition RP) is the official journal, jointly published by the Korean Society of Community Nutrition and the Korean Nutrition Society. The Journal is published quarterly with one volume per year. All contents of the Nutrition RP are freely available on the web. The Guidelines for Authors is also available on the Nutrition RP homepage at www.nutritionRP.com. For the policies on the research and publication ethics not stated in these guidelines, “"Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals (http://kamje.or.kr/publishing_ethics.html)”" or “"Guidelines on good publication (http://www.publicationethics.org.uk/guidelines)”" can be applied. If there are any ethical issues from the manuscript, it should be first reviewed by Editorial Board and the recommendations should be processed by the Society. If anyone does not agree or accept the decision by Society in the process of ethical issues, those may be referred to the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (http://kamje.or.kr) or appropriate Committee of the corresponding institutes.

Manuscript Submission and Peer-Review

Nutrition RP aims to stimulate research and practice across broad areas of human nutrition. The Journal publishes original manuscripts on nutrition biochemistry and metabolism, community nutrition, nutrition and disease management, nutritional epidemiology, nutrition education and institutional foodservice. The original manuscripts consist of the following categories: Original Research, Research Notes, Communications, and Reviews. Reviews will be received by invitation of the editors only. Statements made and opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in this Journal represent the views of authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Societies. Submission of manuscripts is open to nonmembers as well as members of the Korean Society of Community Nutrition and the Korean Nutrition Society. All manuscripts to be considered for publication should be submitted to: nutritionRP@yahoo.co.kr.
The submission form must be completely filled out with the information requested: title of the manuscript, name of all authors, and the date of submission. Submission of an article for publication implies that all named authors have agreed on its submission. The corresponding author should submit 40,000 Won (or USD 40) as a review fee via wire transfer (Bank: Nonghyup, Account : The Korean Society of Community Nutrition 453130-55-004264). All submitted manuscripts will be treated as confidential and undergo double-blind peer review by the members of editorial board or their designees before acceptance for publication. The corresponding author is notified as soon as possible of the editor’'s decision to accept, reject, or request revision of manuscripts. When the final manuscript is completely acceptable according to the NutritionRP format and criteria, it is scheduled for publication in the next available issue.

Authorship and Ethical Issues

Copyrights: Original manuscripts will be considered with the understanding that no part has been published, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere, other than in abstract form. The copyright transfer occurred from the author(s) to the Nutrition RP upon acceptance. Material published in the Nutrition RP is copyrighted by the Korean Society of Community Nutrition and the Korean Nutrition Society, and may not be reproduced without the written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Jin-Sook Yoon. If the original source is cited, the abstract appearing at the beginning of each article may be reproduced without permission.

Conflict-of-Interest: If there are any conflicts of interest related to individual author’'s commitments or project support, it should be clarified and described in the manuscript.

Informed Consent: The manuscripts related to the human subjects or samples drawn from humans should receive the informed consent according to the rule of Institutional Review Board of author’'s institute.

Human and Animal Rights: Authors should keep the ethical and standard of Institutional Review Board of author’'s institute and the Helsinki Declaration in 1975 (revised in 2000). In case of animal experiment, authors should keep the institutional or national guideline for the care and the use of laboratory animals.

Manuscript Preparation

General: The manuscript must adhere to the following guidelines. If not, authors will be notified to make the necessary corrections and resubmit the manuscript file before it undergoes the review process. ?.Manuscripts are to be clearly typewritten in English and prepared using MS Word.
?.Manuscripts are to be double-spaced throughout the abstract and text pages with margins of 3 cm.
?.Manuscripts are to have line numbers in the left margin of abstract and text pages. Go to [Page Setup] under [File] menu, select [Layout] tab, and click on [line number] in MS Word.
?.Manuscripts are to have page numbers on the bottom right-hand corner beginning with the abstract page.

Arrangement: The manuscript must be arranged as follows: title page, abstract, text, references, tables and figures. Title Page: A title page must have the full title, which should be short and informative. A short running head containing not more than 50 characters including spaces is also required together with the names of all authors and the institution(s) where the work was conducted. Provide the full postal address, e-mail address, telephone and facsimile numbers of the author for correspondence. Acknowledgments, if any, need to be included on the title page as well.

Abstract and Key Words: The title of manuscript should be listed at the top of the abstract page. A single paragraph of the abstract not exceeding 300 words should be prepared. For original research, the abstract should describe the purpose, study methods, main findings and the principal conclusion of the study. Not more than five keywords should be included at the end of abstract.

Text: In case of original research, it should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Subjects (or Materials) and Methods,
Results, Discussion and Acknowledgment. For other types of articles that are likely to need different formats, author(s) should consult

the editor of the Nutrition RP.

References: References cited should be indicated in the text by name and year and listed at the end of the text of the manuscript in alphabetical order of first author.

1) In the text, refer to the author’'s last name(s) and year of publication with a comma in parentheses.
-For one or two authors, indicate all authors’' names; for three or more authors, et al. should be used following the first author’'s name.
Examples:
The results are consistent with others (Hopkins & Hamilton, 2004). The other study conducted in Korea showed a conflicting result (Kwon et al., 2006). Hopkins and Hamilton (2004) reported the same effect. ?.For more than a reference, cite in alphabetical, then chronological order as distinguished by a semicolon between the references.
Examples:
Several studies reported the same effect (Kim, 2005; Mahan & Hamilton, 2004; Mahan & Hamilton, 2005).

2) In the reference list, references should be arranged first alphabetically according to authors’' last names and then further sorted
chronologically if necessary.
-List all authors’' names regardless of the number of authors. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters “"a”", “"b”", etc., placed after the year of publication.
-Titles of journals should appear in their abbreviated forms indicated at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Linkout page,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/linkout/journals/jourlists.cgi.
The abbreviated titles of some selected journals in the area of nutrition are also shown at the Nutrition RP homepage at http://www.nutritionRP.com. Full journal titles can be used for the journals of which the abbreviated title is not available in the source above.
-The reference journals published in consecutive pages can be shown as ‘journal name, volume: pages’ otherwise shown as ‘journal
name, volume (number): pages’
-References should be arranged and punctuated according to the following examples:
Example for journal article or abstract:
Kim YH (2007). A study on the growth and development of infant and determinants of obesity. Nutr Rev 1(2):56-78.
Friedman MI, Gil KM & Askanazi J (2003). Post-absorptive control of food intake in humans. Appetite 7:258 [Abstract].
Example for book:
Hong KD & Lee K (2003). Community Nutrition, p.35-47. Youngil Publishing Co., Seoul. Republic of Korea
Example for chapter in a book:
Hopkins B, Yoon H & Hiemstra JA (2006). Assessment of nutritional status. In: Gottschilich MM, Matarese LE & Shornts EP
(Eds.), Nutritional Support Dietetics, p.15-70. John Wiley, New York. USA
Example for internet source:
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development (2006). Statistics for school lunch programs. http://www.moe.go.kr/data/
schoollunch.htm. Accessed on 7/14/2006.

Tables and Figures: Each table and figure should be prepared on a separate page and be placed according to the order cited in the text. Indicate the place of tables and figures in the text. A concise title should appear at the top of a table and at the bottom of a figure. Below a table or a figure, additional information to make it self-explanatory without references to the text of the article may be included. Abbreviation or legend, if used, should be accompanied with sufficient information to make the table or figure self-explanatory as well.

Units and Abbreviations: Quantity is presented by Arabic numerals. Weights and measures are presented by C.G.S. (centimetergramsecond) units. Use these abbreviations throughout the paper: centimeter cm; liter l; milligram mg; kilogram kg; kilojoule kJ; weight wt; second s; hours h; mean m; standard deviation SD; standard error SE; number n. When abbreviations or acronyms are mentioned for the first time in the text, the complete form should be written first, putting abbreviations or acronyms in parentheses. Very common abbreviations such as RDA, UNICEF, need not be defined.

Proofs and Offprints

Unless indicated otherwise, proofs are sent to the corresponding author and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt. Failure to observe this deadline may result in delayed publication. Corrections are limited to printer’'s errors-no substantial author’'s changes will be allowed. The modifications made by the editors for style, grammar and readability may not be changed by the author(s) unless scientific meaning has been compromised. Fifty reprints of an individual article will be mailed to the corresponding author upon publication and the fee based on the number of pages and figures will be charged to the author.