Korean Society for the Study of Obesity
The Mission
- Encourage of study and scientific research about obesity
- Contribution to development of health, science, and medicine
- Promote of friendship and academic exchange among the members
THE COUNCIL - 2021
President | : Jae-Heon Kang (Email: jhkang100495@gmail.com) |
AOASO Vice President | : Kyoung-Kon Kim (Email: zaduplum@aim.com ) |
Immediate Past President | : Kyu-Rae Lee (Email: baria07@daum.net) |
Board of Directors (2021 -2022)
President | : Jae-Heon Kang |
Vice-president | : Sungrae Kim : Seon Mee Kim : Wook Song |
Chairman, Board of Directors | : Chang Beom Lee |
Director, Committee of General Affairs | : Kiyoung Lee |
Director, Committee of Academic Affairs | : Soo Lim |
Director, Committee of Publications | : Eun-Jung Rhee |
Director, Committee of Training | : JungHwan Kim |
Director, Committee of Research | : You-Cheol Hwang |
Director, Committee of Education | : Yang-Hyun Kim |
Director, Committee of Public Relation | : Jae Hyuk Lee |
Director, Committee of Strategic Planning | : Cheol-Young Park |
Director, Committee of External Affairs and Policy | : Kyoung-Kon Kim |
Treasurer | : Jun Goo Kang |
Director, Committee of Information | : Won Jun Kim |
Director, Committee of International Relations | : Yang Im Hur |
Director, Committee of Private Practice | : Minsu Park |
Director, Committee of Health Insurance and Legislation | : Ga Eun Nam |
Director, Committee of IT Integrated Metabolic Syndrome | : Sang Youl Rhee |
Director, Committee of Clinical Guidelines | : Jee Hyun Kang |
Director, Committee of Clinical Nutrition | : Jeong Hyun Lim |
Director, Committee of Academic Nutrition | : Jung Eun Lee |
Director, Committee of Exercise | : Jong Hee Kim |
Director, Committee of Behavior Therapy | : Tae Kyung LEE |
Director, Committee of Bariatric Surgery | : Yong Jin Kim |
Director, Committee of Childhood and Adolescence | : Young-Jun Rhie |
Director, Committee of Big Data | : Jang Won Son |
Director without portfolio | : Seungjoon Oh |
Audit | : Sung Soo Kim
: Dae Jung Kim |
Secretariat
Ji Seon Kim (kosso@kosso.or.kr)
La Young Kang (obesity@kosso.or.kr)
Jeong Yoon Park (webmaster@kosso.or.kr)
Full address :Korean Society for the Study of Obesity, 53, Chungjeongno 2-ga, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea
Tel / Fax numbers :82-2-364-0886/82-2-364-0883
Association Website :http://www.kosso.or.kr/eng/

JOMES
Call for papers to the Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome (JOMES)
The Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome (JOMES) is an official, peer-reviewed research journal published by the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO). The journal publishes articles covering all aspects of obesity; epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and the prevention of obesity.
All articles in this journal are included in the index of PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, DOAJ, Ebsco, Science Central, Crossref, Google Scholar, and Emerging Sources of Scientific Citation Index (ESCI). What’s more is that JOMES will be indexed in SCI this year.
- For more info, please visit: Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome (JOMES), http://www.jomes.org/main.html