Substantial variation across geographic regions in the obesity prevalence among 6–8 years old Hungarian children (COSI Hungary 2016)

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study participants

	Number	Percent
Total Girls Boys	5332 2579 2753	100 51.6 48.4
Age
6-year-old 7-year-old 8-year-old	1180 2651 1501	22.1 49.7 28.2
Geographic region
Central Hungary Western Transdanubia Central Transdanubia Southern Transdanubia Northern Hungary Northern Great Plain Southern Great Plain	1524 491 539 386 670 970 752	28.6 9.2 10.1 7.2 12.6 18.2 14.1
Level of urbanization^a
Urban Semi-urban Rural	1598 1932 1802	30.0 36.2 33.8

^aUrban: ≥ 500 inhabitants/ km2. Semi-urban: < 500 and ≤ 100 inhabitants/ km2. Rural: < 100 inhabitants/ km2

ISSN: 1471-2458