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One in four Jeju islanders is overweightUnhealthy lifestyle choices cited in recent report by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Jeju is seeing the rate of obesity rise precipitously. One in four islanders is fat.

According to the National Statistical Office’s analysis of a recent health inspection by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDCP) released on Aug. 17, the rate of obesity in Jeju islanders last year was 26.9 percent, an increase of 4 percent to that of 2009 (22.9 percent).

Those with a body mass index (BMI) over 25 are considered to be obese. Jeju ranked second among 16 other urban areas. Gangwon province ranked first at 27 percent.

As for obesity stats broken down by gender, males ranked twice as high (36 percent) as females (17.7 percent).

By age, 35.5 percent of people in their 50s, 32 percent in their 60s and 31.2 percent in their 30s were overweight, compared with a lower rate for those in their 40s (25.8 percent), 20s (18.5 percent) and 70s (17.7 percent).

The relatively high obesity rate for islanders is attributed to unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as drinking and smoking. The rate of islanders who drink heavily is 19.1 percent, third after Gangwon province (19.6 percent) and Gyeongnam province (19.3 percent). Some 50.7 percent of islanders smoke, the highest number in Korea.

(Translation by Baek Hee Youn)
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