Objectives: This study aimed to examine the influence of depression on health behaviors (daily smoking, binge drinking, walking, skipping breakfast) among Korean adults. Methods: The data for the study were obtained from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022). the final sample consisted of 26,732 cases after excluding missing data. Multivariate logistic regression, Cross-tabulation analysis were used for data analysis. Results: After adjusting for covariates, depression was significantly associated with 2.51 increase in the odds of smoking daily and 1.85 increase in the odds of binge drinking and 1.74 increase in the odds of skipping breakfast five or more days a week. Depression was significantly associated with 30.0% decrease (adjusted odds ratio=0.70) in the odds of walking at least 30 minutes a day, five or more days a week. Conclusions: The study found that depression negatively affects all major health behaviors (daily smoking, binge drinking, walking, skipping breakfast). Our findings suggest that managing depression is a crucial factor in promoting physical health, and it is important to target individuals with depression in physical health promotion programs.
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