Figure 1From: Nutritional status and risk factors of overweight and obesity for children aged 9–15 years in Chengdu, Southwest China Prevalence and tendency of thinness and excess body weight in children, stratified by age and genders. A significant decreasing tendency with age of excess body weight prevalence was shown in both boys and girls, and the combined prevalence was obviously higher in boys than in girls (P <0.05). However, prevalence of thinness had significant differences neither in genders nor in ages (P >0.05).Back to article page