Latest survey reports average heights and weights for Korean men and women
Article: Average height of Korean men 172.5 cm, Korean women 159.6 cm... half of men are 'overweight'
Source: E-Daily via Nate
Report on survey of 6,839 Koreans in ages ranging from 20-69 years old.
Average height of Korean men: 172.5 cm
Average height of Korean women: 159.6 cm
Since the last survey in 1979, men grew on average 6.4 cm, women 5.3 cm.
Average BMI report suggested 47% of men were overweight, and 22.6% of women were overweight, with 55.5% of men in their late thirties being overweight, and 16.3% of women in their late thirties being overweight. (Overweight = BMI over 25)
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1. [+1,421, -62] The average heights are a lot shorter than I thought
2. [+1,193, -137] Half of the men are overweight...
3. [+1,045, -66] Our country needs to stop with all the praising we do for people who eat well, who claim you need some weight on you to look healthy. Gaining all that weight only results in more illnesses and suffering in later age.
4. [+226, -56] Men, you ned to take a look at your own bodies before you judge the bodies of women. I know a lot of you are chubby but refuse to believe that you're overweight ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
5. [+188, -29] Half of the men are overweight ㅡㅡ and triple the number of overweight women.
6. [+183, -46] Look at that overweight percentage for Korean men, tsk tsk
7. [+176, -17] One out of two men are fatties ㅠㅠㅠ I was always curious about why men were so obsessed with "fat women who stomp around" and it was because they took a look at their own bodies....
8. [+157, -11] So all the fatties stomping around weren't women like men liked to claim but men...
9. [+145, -14] Now tell me, who are the real stomping fatties?
10. [+144, -29] And any Korean man who claims to be 180 cm tall are actuallu 176-177
11. [+118, -12] So many short, fat men ㅋㅋㅋ All of the men on the internet who are always berating "fat women stomping around" were actually themselves ㅋㅋㅋ
12. [+114, -15] So the men complaining about fat women were talking about themselves all along
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Source: Naver
1. [+186, -51] Upvote if you're a male below the average
2. [+148, -25] Everyone's only talking about height and not about how half the men are overweight ㅋㅋㅋ Looks like we need to change the CF models for diet products to men, no ^^?
3. [+62, -8] Only 172.5 cm tall? Hmm..
4. [+44, -2] So they're short and fat, basically
5. [+21, -6] Something about the average height feels off
6. [+33, -20] Half of Korean men are overweight
7. [+14, -1] So many overweight in the men category
8. [+6, -0] Can't hide DNA ㅎㅎ
9. [+9, -4] 172???? That's so short...
10. [+6, -3] I think the average height is a bit distorted because they include the height from men in their 50s and 60s... Our country only started getting real nutrients in our food from the 1980s on, and I bet the average would jump to 174 cm if you only surveyed people born after that generation...
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