SUWON, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite declining birth rates in South Korea, the number of medical emergency calls involving accidents with infants and toddlers aged 0 to 6 has been increasing annually, according to data from fire authorities. The Gyeonggi Province Fire and Disaster Headquarters reported that incidents requiring paramedic dispatches for young children in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has a smaller infant and toddler population compared to other East Asian countries, a research institute said Sunday. According to a report from the Korea Insurance Research Institute, Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 1.65 million children aged 0 to 4 as of 2021. If we use Japan’s population as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the 2016 Obesity White Paper, released Thursday by the National Health Insurance Service, the obesity rate among Korean infants aged six or younger doubled in the seven years from 2008 to 2015, with the rate rising from 1.4 percent to 2.8 percent. The rate was highest for [...]