SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — One in four young South Korean students has a problem with obesity, the Ministry of Education said Friday, calling for increased efforts to improve the health of young people. The ministry released data on student obesity as Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae presided over a meeting of Cabinet ministers in [...]
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. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The national health insurance plan will begin covering surgery for severe obesity starting in January. Once the coverage is in effect, patients will only have to disburse 1.5 million to 2 million won for surgical procedures that typically cost from 7 million to 10 million won. The Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has come up with a new goal to keep the population’s obesity rate under 35 percent by implementing measures in the four areas of nutrition, exercise, obesity treatment and improved awareness. In order to make this happen, medical consultations and surgical procedures to treat obesity [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) - Obesity has become an increasingly serious problem around the world and regarded as one of the major risks to human health. Many factors such as more wealth and food accessibility may explain its prevalence. Now, there is a possible psychological explanation as well. A recent research study by [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Obese people are more susceptible to contracting diabetes than those who are not, a survey showed Friday. Obese people have a 156 percent greater chance of contracting diabetes than those who are not obese, according to the survey of 51,405 people carried out by a research team led by [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The obesity rate among South Korea’s primary and secondary school students has been gradually increasing due largely to excessive studying, lack of sleep and physical activity and the consumption of more unhealthy food, government data said Thursday. According to the Education Ministry’s 2017 student health statistics, the portion of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The social costs of obesity in South Korea come to 9.15 trillion won (US$8.4 billion) a year, a new study said Thursday, in the latest wake-up call to tackle the growing health issue. The 2015 figure represents a 92 percent hike from 4.76 trillion won in 2006, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite being bigger and taller, young South Koreans are less muscular and less strong than the older generations, a new study has revealed. The study released by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday showed that South Korean men in their early 20s have grown 4.4 centimeters in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Government data has revealed nearly 4 in 10 South Korean adult men are obese, despite Koreans in general being some of the slimmest people among developed countries. According to the National Health Insurance Services’ 2017 Obesity White Paper last week, nearly 34 percent of South Koreans who received a [...]