The purpose of this study is to find out the association between red meat intake and obesity,
hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes, using data from 2013 Nation Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(KNHANES). KNHANES includes health survey, nutrition, and health examination and is conducted every
year by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using complex sample survey to represent
Korean population. Based on the guidelines of KNHANES for the complex samples, logistic regression
model was used to analyze the association between beef and pork intake and dependent variables (obesity,
hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes) after adjusting for demographic factors (sex, age, year of education,
marital status, and monthly household income) and life factors (alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, and stress recognition). The analysis revealed that age, gender, and alcohol consumption were
partly associated with obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes, however, there was no evidence that red
meat intake affects obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes at the significant level 0.05. These results
support existing studies showing no association between the dependent variables and red meat intake among
Korea’s adult population and suggests the further study to confirm the associations.