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SEOUL, May 17, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- South Korean female college students are the most fanatic about dieting and exercising to stay slim, among 22 countries studied in a British survey.
The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University College in London questioned almost 20,000 university students in 22 countries.
The results showed that 77 percent of female South Korean university students were on diets or exercise regimes, the Korea Times reported Wednesday. They were followed by 70 percent of Japanese women students, 64 percent in Poland, and 59 percent in the United States.
Forty-three percent of the Korean students said they considered themselves overweight, compared to 63 percent of Japanese women.
However, using a standard body mass index, the average score of South Korean women was within a normal range, the study found.
By comparison, female students in the United States had the highest body mass index among the 22 nations, but only 45 percent of them felt they were overweight and 59 percent said they were trying to lose weight.
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