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The obesity epidemic in Korea shows no signs of abating. In all adults, one in three are obese. But among adult men in Korea, the obesity rate is 42.3%. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the adult male obesity level increased from 34.7 percent in 2005 to 42.3 percent in 2016. During this period, the female obesity rate decreased slightly from 27.3% to 26.4%. About 45.8 percent of males eat out at least once a day, and 32.4 percent of them skip breakfast. However as men and women grow older, obesity tends to decrease in men while it increases in women due to hormonal changes. Also, the lower the income level, the higher the obesity rate. The overall extreme obesity rate was 5.3% in 2015. But in the lowest income bracket 6.55% were morbidly obese while it was 4.89% in the high income group.
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