According to a survey among Seoul residents in South Korea on the reasons for eating plant-based food in 2022, roughly 92.1 percent of women and around 99.7 percent of men stated that they ate such foods for health reasons. At the same time, almost two thirds of female respondents stated to consume such foods to lose weight.
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Seoul Metropolitan Government. (April 25, 2023). Reasons for eating plant-based diets among Seoul residents in South Korea as of October 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336476/south-korea-reasons-for-eating-plant-based-diets-in-seoul-by-gender/
Seoul Metropolitan Government. "Reasons for eating plant-based diets among Seoul residents in South Korea as of October 2022, by gender." Chart. April 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336476/south-korea-reasons-for-eating-plant-based-diets-in-seoul-by-gender/
Seoul Metropolitan Government. (2023). Reasons for eating plant-based diets among Seoul residents in South Korea as of October 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336476/south-korea-reasons-for-eating-plant-based-diets-in-seoul-by-gender/
Seoul Metropolitan Government. "Reasons for Eating Plant-based Diets among Seoul Residents in South Korea as of October 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336476/south-korea-reasons-for-eating-plant-based-diets-in-seoul-by-gender/
Seoul Metropolitan Government, Reasons for eating plant-based diets among Seoul residents in South Korea as of October 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336476/south-korea-reasons-for-eating-plant-based-diets-in-seoul-by-gender/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Reasons for eating plant-based diets among Seoul residents in South Korea as of October 2022, by gender [Graph], Seoul Metropolitan Government, April 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336476/south-korea-reasons-for-eating-plant-based-diets-in-seoul-by-gender/