Recent Shift of Body Mass Index Distribution in Korea: A Population-based Korea National Health Insurance Database, 2002-2013

Yeong Sook Yoon; Sang Woo Oh

doi:10.3346/jkms.2017.32.3.434

Recent Shift of Body Mass Index Distribution in Korea: A Population-based Korea National Health Insurance Database, 2002-2013

Yeong Sook Yoon, Sang Woo Oh

Department of Medicine

Inje University

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We investigated trends of obesity prevalence among adult Koreans. Data from 110,280,952 participants who underwent medical examination provided by the National Health Insurance System from 2002-2013 were analyzed. The prevalence of moderate obesity (body mass index [BMI] 25.0-29.9 kg/m²) was slightly increased from 2002 (30.7%) through 2010 (33.1%) and reached a plateau since 2010 among men but continuously decreased from 22.5% in 2002 to 20.9% in 2013 among women. However, severe obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²) was rapidly increased and the prevalence in 2013 (4.2%) was almost doubled the prevalence in 2002 (2.5%). We observed a steep rise of severe obesity as well as potentially right shifting of the obese category.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	434-438
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Korean Medical Science
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.3.434
State	Published - 2017

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Ethnicity
Obesity
Prevalence
Weight Status

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