Sodium intake among Korean population has been decreasing over the past 10 years and in 2022, it was 3,030 mg in population aged ≥1 year. Men were seen to consume more sodium than women (Figure 1). Sodium intake was higher in adults in their 30s and 40s compared to that in other age groups (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Trends in the intake of sodium, 2013–2022.
Figure 2. Sodium intake by age groups, 2022.
Footnotes
*Sodium intake in Figure 1 was calculated using age- and sex-specific structures of the estimated population in the 2005 Korea Census.
Source: Korea Health Statistics 2022, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, https://knhanes.kcdc.go.kr/
Reported by: Division of Health and Nutrition Survey and Analysis, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
