According to a survey on the consumption of fast food among high school students in South Korea, around **** percent of the respondents stated that they consumed fast food frequently in 2024, meaning at least three times per week. The share of frequent fast food consumption among high schoolers slowly increased since 2016 and is now almost double that of 2015.

According to a survey conducted in 2023, among South Korean middle and high school students on their frequency of fast food consumption, roughly 26.9 percent of respondents stated that they ate fast food at least three times a week. The rate of high fast food consumption was the highest among male students in their third year of high school, with around 29.1 percent.