Dr. Tony Ka-chun YUNG
翁家俊博士
Research Links
ORCID: 0000-0002-5553-8807
Academic Appointments
- Deputy programme director, BSc Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bio
Dr. Tony Yung obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with a thesis topic on food avoidance behaviour amongst cancer patients. He obtained his Master degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Sydney and registered as Accredited Practicing Dietitian in Australia. He is also a Sports Dietitian and Accredited Nutritionist. Before joining Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care (JCSPHPC), Dr. Yung practised in Grantham Hospital as a clinical dietitian. He also worked as a health promotion officer and community dietitian in JCSPHPC responsible for the promotion of nutritional health. From 2008 onward, Dr. Yung became a lecturer (currently a senior lecturer) in JSCPHPC responsible for teachings and researches related to nutrition aspect of public health.
Research Interest
- Diet behaviours of vulnerable populations e.g. cancer patients and drugs addicts
- Food security among people of low social economic status
- Setting based (include rural area) health promotion
- Nutrition Epidemiology
Selected Publications
- Yung TKC, Tsang SYT, Tam DDS (2023) Exacerbation of household food insecurity among low-income families in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nutrition and Dietetics. Vol 80(5) 2023; 484-493. DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12782
- Yung TKC, Kim JH, Lau JTF (2022) Protein food avoidance behaviour among cancer patients – perspectives of nutrient intake and diet quality. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vol 31(2), pp 191-200, 2022. DOI : 10.6133/apjcn.202206_31(2).0004
- Yung TKC, Mok RHY (2020) Prevalence of Overconsumption of Salt and its Determinants – The Case of Southwestern Rural China. International Journal of Nutrition.2020, 5(1), pp. 30-42. DOI: 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3162
- Yung TKC, Lau JTF (2019) Comparing nutrient intake and body weight status amongst adolescent substance users, institutionalised abstainers and never users. Food and Nutrition Research. 2019, 63: 3634 – https://doi.org/10.29219/fnr.v63.3634
- Yung TKC, Jiang R, Sou EKL (2019) Health and Lifestyle of University Freshmen: A Cross-Border Comparison among three Cities in China. Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Research. 18(4)-2019. BJSTR. MS.ID.003175. DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.18.003175
- Chan EYY, Lam HCY, Lo ESK, Tsang SNS, Yung TKC, Wong CKP. (2019) Food-related Health Emergency-disaster Risk Reduction in Rural Ethnic Minority Communities: A Pilot Study of Knowledge, Awareness and Practice of Food Labelling and Salt-intake Reduction in a Kunge Community in China.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16(9), 1478; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16091478
- Yung TKC, Kim JH, Leung SF, Yeung RMW, Poon ANY, Au EWC, Lau JTF. (2019) Food Avoidance Beliefs and Behaviors Among Chinese Cancer Patients: Validation of a New Measurement Tool. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.Vol 51(2):162-172.doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2018.07.009.
- Peltzer K, Pengpid S, Yung TKC, Aounallah-Skhiri H, Rehman R. (2015) Comparison of health risk behavior, awareness, and health benefit beliefs of health science and non-health science students: An international study. Nursing and Health Sciences. Vol 18, Issue 2, pp. 180–187
- Griffiths Sian Meryl; Wong Ho Cheuk Alvin; Kim Jean Hee; Yung TKCand LAU Tak Fai Joseph. (2011) “Author Response to Influence of Country of Study on Student Responsiveness to the H1N1 Pandemic”. Public Health125 no.10, pp.739–740. 2011.10.
- Yung TKC, Lee A, Ho M, Keung VMW, Lee JCK. (2010) Maternal influences on fruit and vegetable consumption of school children: Case study in Hong Kong. Maternal and Child NutritionVol 6, pp. 190–198