South Korea: nutritional status among seniors 2017

This statistic displays the results of a survey on the nutritional status among seniors in South Korea in 2017. According to the survey, around 41.3 percent of respondents were found to be at a low nutritional risk, whereas 19 percent were considered to be at high nutritional risk.

Nutritional status among elderly people based on the Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) in South Korea in 2017

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Release date

May 2018

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

June 12 to August 28, 2017

Number of respondents

10,073 respondents

Age group

65 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

*Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) is a nutrition screening tool to determine people's nutritional health. Based on 10 questions, a nutritional risk score from 0-21 is determined and classified as low risk (score of 0-2), moderate risk (score of 3-5) or high risk (score of 6+).

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