Yoon Yeong Sook, Oh Sang Woo
Department of Family Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Department of Family Medicine, Center for Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2017 Mar;32(3):434-438. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.3.434.
We investigated trends of obesity prevalence among adult Koreans. Data from 110,280,952 participants who underwent medical examination provided by the National Health Insurance System from 2002-2013 were analyzed. The prevalence of moderate obesity (body mass index [BMI] 25.0-29.9 kg/m²) was slightly increased from 2002 (30.7%) through 2010 (33.1%) and reached a plateau since 2010 among men but continuously decreased from 22.5% in 2002 to 20.9% in 2013 among women. However, severe obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²) was rapidly increased and the prevalence in 2013 (4.2%) was almost doubled the prevalence in 2002 (2.5%). We observed a steep rise of severe obesity as well as potentially right shifting of the obese category.
我们调查了韩国成年人肥胖患病率的趋势。分析了2002年至2013年期间由国民健康保险系统提供的110280952名接受体检参与者的数据。中度肥胖（体重指数[BMI]25.0 - 29.9kg/m²）的患病率在男性中从2002年的30.7%略微上升至2010年的33.1%，自2010年起趋于平稳；而在女性中则从2002年的22.5%持续下降至2013年的20.9%。然而，重度肥胖（BMI≥30.0kg/m²）迅速增加，2013年的患病率（4.2%）几乎是2002年患病率（2.5%）的两倍。我们观察到重度肥胖急剧上升以及肥胖类别可能出现右移。
