Half of Korean men in their 30s, 40s classified as obese

More than half of South Korean men in their 30s and 40s were classified as obese in a government analysis released Monday. The analysis, based on the 2025 Community Health Survey, found that obesity rates among men were highest in those two age groups, at 52.1 percent for men in their 30s and 53.1 percent for those in their 40s. Across all age groups, the obesity rate was 42.5 percent for men, nearly twice the 22.9 percent recorded for women. Among men, the rate declined after their 40s. Among w