Consuming 62% more sugar from Kimchi than ice cream... What is happening to the Korean diet?

Daily sugar intake increasing from meals while decreasing from snacks
Sugar content in commercial kimchi surpasses ice cream
Calls to beware of over-reliance on processed foods and zero-sugar drinks
Consuming 62% more sugar from Kimchi than ice cream... What is happening to the Korean diet?n.news.naver.comDaily sugar intake is increasing from meals and decreasing from snacks. Sugar content in commercial kimchi has surpassed that of ice cream. There are growing calls to be wary of over-reliance on processed foods and zero-sugar drinks. The average daily sugar intake from kimchi products for Koreans is 2.30g, which is approximately 62% higher than that of ice cream (1.42g).
During the same period, sugar intake from meals increased by 0.9g, from 19.0g to 19.9g. While the overall sugar intake from processed foods decreased slightly, the proportion accounted for by meals rose by 4.3 percentage points, from 51.8% to 56.1%.
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As I keep saying,
Over the last 10 years, Korean food itself has become excessively sugary.
Expats returning to Korea after 10 years in the US say Korean food has become so sweet they can't even eat it.
Sugar is being dumped into every single side dish,
yet when it comes to snacks or ice cream, people look for sugar-free or "well-being" options...
Instead of checking the sugar content in snacks and ice cream, we need to remove the sugar from our side dishes.
We eat meals 2 to 3 times every day, whereas we only eat snacks occasionally..
Naturally, the right approach is to start by removing sugar from the side dishes we eat with our meals.
There is no way removing sugar from occasional snacks will be effective if you are pouring sugar into your side dishes...