Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. What should people reduce first to make sure they're eating a healthy diet? People often think of cutting salty or sweet foods first, but an evaluation released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) highlighted a different weakness. Rather than excessive consumption of unhealthy foods, the larger problem was insufficient intake of mutigrain foods, fruit and dairy products. Korean adults scored 58.6 out of 100 for diet quality. Measures for mixed grains, fruit and dairy products all fell short of 50 points, while people in their 20s posted a total score of 50.3 — the lowest among all age groups. Missing food groups drive low scores The index measures how closely adults aged 19 and older follow healthy eating guidelines. Fulfilling all criteria yields a perfect score of 100. The evaluation assesses breakfast consumption and the intake of mixed grains, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, legumes and dairy products. It also measures whether sodium, sugar and saturated fat are consumed in excess, along with the overall balance