1 in 2 adult South Korean men in their 30s and 40s now classified as obese

Adults in their 20s recorded the sharpest increases over the past decade, with young men's rates climbing nearly 13 percentage points since 2016.

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More than half of South Korean men aged in their 30s (52.1%) and 40s (53.1%) meet the country’s obesity threshold, new government data shows. The figures were released Nov. 9 by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), which found that obesity has become increasingly common among younger adults.

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