person fails to pay the expense, and then exercise the right to indemnity to recover the paid expense from the responsible person)? Ⅵ. Basic Health and Welfare (Articles 6, 18 (3), 23, 24, 26 and 27 (1)~(3)) 1. Health service Basic health of the child 1) Current situation 57. According to "The 2009 Study on Children and Youth", the average frequency of medical checkup in a year among the children recorded 0.6, which means that a majority of the children did not get any medical checkup in the whole year. The vaccination among the children aged 8 or below was rated at 70~80%. 58. A report made by the Statistics Korea in 2010 shows that the incidence of breastfeeding increased from 10.2% in 2000 to 24.2% in 2006 but is still low. 59. The 2009 Study on Children and Youth reveals that 45.1% of the children aged 12~18 did little exercise all through the week while the largest percentage of the children aged 3~11 did some exercise for 1~3 hours a week. The lack of exercise increases the probability of child obesity. By age group and income level, the incidence of child obesity was the highest in the poor class among the children aged 11 or below, and in the class immediately above the poverty line among the children aged 12~18. The National Youth Policy Institute conducted a survey of the children and youth ranging from fourth graders in elementary school to seniors in high schools in 2009, to identify the current status of child obesity in this country. The findings are that the general rate of child obesity in Korea is lower than in other countries, but the incidence of child obesity increases with age. In particular, the child obesity incidence is higher where the families have lower income and the parents have less education, which implies a significant relation between child obesity and poverty. 2) Questions 60. What measures does the Government undertake to promote medical checkup and vaccination of children? Please describe the Government's plan to prevent child obesity, for example, by establishing a medical service system for that purpose (in particular, taking into account the - 16 -