Table 3.

The amount of daily diet–related greenhouse gas emission (dGHGE) (${\text{kgCO}}_2\text{eq}/\text{day}$) by food groups and age groups in the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016–2018) ($n=\mathrm{21,271}$).

Food groups (20 groups)	1–18	19–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	$70+$	Total	$r^2$ in daily diet–related GHGEs (%)
Total dGHGE	4.27	5.87	6.17	5.91	5.05	4.35	3.41	5.08	—
Number	4,417	1,958	2,673	3,089	3,108	2,952	3,074	21,271	—
Plant foods (11 groups)
Cereals	0.511	0.535	0.530	0.494	0.410	0.374	0.323	0.453	2.21
Potatoes and starches	0.029	0.034	0.030	0.031	0.033	0.042	0.031	0.032	0.03
Sugars and sweeteners	0.029	0.024	0.020	0.018	0.015	0.013	0.012	0.019	0.02
Pulses	0.077	0.086	0.105	0.103	0.102	0.097	0.083	0.092	0.25
Nuts and seeds	0.004	0.006	0.008	0.009	0.009	0.011	0.007	0.007	0.01
Vegetables	0.238	0.339	0.450	0.551	0.545	0.501	0.390	0.423	2.00
Mushrooms	0.017	0.020	0.023	0.026	0.023	0.020	0.017	0.021	0.01
Fruits	0.216	0.152	0.237	0.266	0.317	0.285	0.221	0.242	1.13
Seaweeds	0.041	0.034	0.044	0.052	0.054	0.061	0.051	0.047	0.12
Oils and fats (plants)	0.014	0.017	0.018	0.015	0.012	0.009	0.007	0.013	0.00
Others (plants)	0.010	0.024	0.038	0.050	0.046	0.017	0.016	0.029	0.00
Animal foods (6 groups)
Meats	1.281	1.708	1.846	1.662	1.237	1.113	1.040	1.422	75.69
Eggs	0.140	0.141	0.143	0.156	0.145	0.133	0.110	0.138	0.21
Fishes	0.284	0.408	0.527	0.512	0.428	0.332	0.244	0.392	6.73
Milk and milk products	0.502	0.400	0.344	0.347	0.313	0.272	0.231	0.363	0.80
Oils and fats (animal)	0.015	0.024	0.020	0.016	0.012	0.011	0.005	0.017	0.00
Others (animal)	0.000	0.260	0.128	0.018	0.146	0.157	0.006	0.113	0.00
Seasonings	0.043	0.062	0.069	0.063	0.052	0.040	0.030	0.052	0.04
Beverages	0.792	1.042	0.933	0.792	0.502	0.355	0.237	0.680	9.13
Alcoholic beverages	0.031	0.551	0.660	0.726	0.650	0.510	0.352	0.528	1.60

Note: The 131 food items with no data were assigned as zero value when calculating the dGHGE per day per capita. —, no data.