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Table 3 Trends in Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-18y by WGOC criteria: 2011–2015

From: Prevalence and stabilizing trends in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in China, 2011-2015

 

2011

2015

 

Overweight

p

Obesity

p

N

N

2011

2015

2011

2015

All

1458

1084

 

10.6

11.8

0.3507

8.4

9.6

0.3113

Age

 7–11

762

698

 

10.6

11.0

0.8051

11.4

9.7

0.2993

 12–18

696

386

 

10.6

13.2

0.2034

5.2

9.3

0.0086

Gender

 Boys

743

554

 

13.6

13.7

0.9483

9.2

11.7

0.1296

 Girls

715

530

 

7.6

9.8

0.1579

7.7

7.4

0.8255

Area

 Urban

440

282

 

14.1

13.8

0.9214

9.8

13.1

0.1621

 Rural

1018

802

 

9.1

11.1

0.1661

7.9

8.4

0.7001

Region

 North

461

302

 

15.0

15.9

0.7283

13.9

16.6

0.3111

 South

997

782

 

8.6

10.2

0.2482

5.9

6.9

0.3966

  1. WGOC Working Group for Obesity in China
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