According to a survey conducted in South Korea in December of 2021, 36.7 percent of respondents who either were vegetarian or had tried a plant-based diet in the past answered that they adopted a vegetarian diet to lose weight. 35.3 percent of respondents answered that they took up a plant-based diet for health reasons.
Motives for starting a plant-based diet in South Korea as of December 2021
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Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., & MAFRA (South Korea). (February 18, 2022). Motives for starting a plant-based diet in South Korea as of December 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297389/south-korea-motives-for-starting-a-plant-based-diet/
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., und MAFRA (South Korea). "Motives for starting a plant-based diet in South Korea as of December 2021." Chart. February 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297389/south-korea-motives-for-starting-a-plant-based-diet/
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., MAFRA (South Korea). (2022). Motives for starting a plant-based diet in South Korea as of December 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297389/south-korea-motives-for-starting-a-plant-based-diet/
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., and MAFRA (South Korea). "Motives for Starting a Plant-based Diet in South Korea as of December 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297389/south-korea-motives-for-starting-a-plant-based-diet/
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. & MAFRA (South Korea), Motives for starting a plant-based diet in South Korea as of December 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297389/south-korea-motives-for-starting-a-plant-based-diet/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Motives for starting a plant-based diet in South Korea as of December 2021 [Graph], Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., & MAFRA (South Korea), February 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297389/south-korea-motives-for-starting-a-plant-based-diet/