Table 3.

BMI distribution of Japanese and Korean university students. The BMI of Japanese and Korean students was categorized into 3 groups (underweight, normal and obese class1), according to the BMI classification of the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity.

Classification	BMI	Total	Japan (%)	Korea (%)	p values
Underweight	<18.5	61(24.7)	23 (20.2)	38 (28.6)	n.s
Normal	18.5≦-<25	183 (74.1)	89 (78.1)	94 (70.7)	n.s
Obese class 1	25≦-<30	3 (1.2)	2 (1.8)	1 (0.8)	n.s

BMI classification as defined by Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (2000)