SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors who eat alone grow old much faster than others, a study indicated Tuesday. A joint research team from Samsung Medical Center and Kyung Hee University Medical Center conducted a study of 2,072 seniors who participated in the Korea Frailty and Aging Cohort Study in 2016 and 2017, comparing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Eating alone can lead to higher chance of obesity than eating with family members, a recent study has revealed. A research team led by Prof. Jang Seong-in from Yonsei University Severance Hospital conducted a study on 13,303 participants to observe the correlation between a participant’s Body Mass Index (BMI) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A quarter of senior citizens in South Korea eat their meals alone, partly contributing to growing depression among the elderly, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey conducted by a team of medical doctors at Sungkyunkwan University, 1,202 out of 4,959 people aged over 65 said they had [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As more young people are putting off getting married or avoiding civil unions altogether, a survey has revealed that the number of single-person households is rising quickly, especially centered around those in their late 20s. In addition, new statistics show that despite a decreasing number of temporary workers and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Four keywords selected by the agriculture ministry and state-operated entity that sum up the major trends expected to influence the dining industry in 2018 are: “Feel-Good Value”, “Big Blur”, “Dining out at Home”, and “Evolution of Korean Meals”. Announced on December 19, the four phrases were chosen via a [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Due to long working hours and an increase in the number of single-person households, sharing dinner as a family is becoming less frequent. A recent study has shown that a man who has dinner alone is 2.4 times more likely to suffer from depression than a person who eats dinner [...]
SEOUL, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Soft, a big data analysis business prospected that the social conditions of being ‘alone’ will continue into the year 2016, based on the analysis of 658,512,182 blog posts and 7,973,575,800 tweets. ‘Eating alone’ and ‘Drinking alone’ were phrases mentioned 15,485 times on social media this year. The phrases were [...]