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2009/10/23 10:03 KST
One in 3 Korean adults overweight or obese: report

  
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- One out of every three adults in South Korea is considered overweight or obese and faces increased risk of health problems, a report showed on Friday.

According to the report submitted by the National Health Insurance Corp., 3.24 million, or 32.8 percent, out of 9.87 million adults who had regular checkups last year were overweight or obese.