South Korea has become a super-aged society, with more than 20% of the population currently aged 65 and older. As a nutritional powerhouse ingredient with muscle-supporting benefits, U.S. dairy proteins can help play a role in supporting the unique food and health needs of the nation's rapidly aging society.

To address these opportunities and public health needs, USDEC is participating in the annual Korean Nutrition Society (KNS) Conference taking place in Seoul on October 31, 2025. KNS was founded in 1967 to improve public health and nutrition in Korea. The organization's 700 members include professors and academic scholars in nutrition, medicine, pharmacology, etc., who in turn are influential in nutritional guidance in Korea.

The conference's theme this year is Integrative Approaches to Nutritional Health: Bridging Science, Technology, and Practice.

USDEC will have a booth to engage nutritional professionals at the event and is also sponsoring an educational session focused on protein and health resilience within the KNS conference program. The session will feature three nutrition expert speakers- all local - highlighting why protein quality matters and the science-backed role of nutritionally complete and high-quality dairy proteins for healthy, active aging.

For more information, contact Suzanna Stohr.