Table 3. Prevalence (%) of excess body weight in the Republic of Korea.
| Year | Men | Women | ||||
| BMI<23 | 23≤BMI<25 | BMI≥25 | BMI<23 | 23≤BMI<25 | BMI≥25 | |
| 1992–1995 * | 47.6 | 28.5 | 23.9 | 50.0 (39.2) | 23.2 (26.3) | 26.8 (34.4) |
| 1998** | 50.2 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 50.5 (38.8) | 21.3 (24.0) | 28.2 (37.2) |
| 2005** | 36.2 | 27.4 | 36.4 | 46.9 (33.5) | 22.9 (26.0) | 30.2 (40.5) |
| 2007** | 38.1 | 27.1 | 34.8 | 46.8 (31.7) | 22.5 (25.8) | 30.7 (42.5) |
| 2009** | 39.2 | 25.2 | 35.6 | 48.5 (35.5) | 21.7 (26.0) | 29.8 (38.5) |
| 2015*** | 32.4 | 25.6 | 42.0 | 46.1 (30.7) | 22.0 (25.9) | 32.0 (43.4) |
| 2020*** | 28.5 | 25.2 | 46.3 | 45.1 (28.6) | 21.8 (26.1) | 33.1 (45.3) |
- Prevalence in postmenopausal is in parenthesis.
- BMI categories (kg/m2) for Asians: reference group, <23.0; overweight, 23.0–24.9.0; obese, ≥25.0;
- BMI categories (kg/m2) for Caucasians: reference group, <25.0; overweight, 25.0–29.0; obese, ≥30.0.
* National Health Insurance Corporation data in 1992–1995.
** Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
*** Prevalence projected from Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data in 1992–2009.