Research
Macro partitioning
Older adults (65+) in Korea have significantly lower protein adequacy rates (35.7-51.9%) compared to younger adults (62.9-67.4%), primarily driven by lower total intake and a shift in protein sources from animal to plant (grains) at all meals.
Do not rely on national average protein statistics to judge your personal diet. If you are over 65, you are statistically likely to be under-consuming protein. Focus on increasing total grams per day, specifically by prioritizing animal proteins (meat, fish, dairy) over grains, which are the primary source for many elderly Koreans.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
one out of three young people and two out of three older adults in Korea had inadequate protein intake... In the old-age group, grains were the highest-ranked protein sources across all three meals.
Why this rating
Large sample size (n=15,639) but cross-sectional design.
Source
Protein Intake by Korean Adults through Meals
Kyo Woon Kim et al. · Daehan imsang geon-gang jeungjin hakoeji/Daehan imsang geon'gang jeungjin haghoeji · 2021
DOI 10.15384/kjhp.2021.21.2.63
cross_sectional · n=15639Cited 7×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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