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Table 3 Weighted prevalence of meeting of MVPA and screen viewing time guidelines, and overweight and obesity among Chinese school-aged students by sex, grade grouping, and residential location, PAFCTYS 2017

From: Physical activity, screen viewing time, and overweight/obesity among Chinese children and adolescents: an update from the 2017 physical activity and fitness in China—the youth study

 

meeting MVPA guidelines (95% CI)

meeting screen viewing time guidelines (95% CI)

Overweight

(95% CI)

Obesity

(95% CI)

Both sexes

34.10 (34.09–34.11)

65.40 (65.39–65.41)

15.10 (15.09–15.11)

10.70 (10.69–10.71)

Sex

 

 Girls

 Boys

31.90 (31.89–31.91)

36.50 (36.49–36.51)

67.70 (67.69–68.71)

62.80 (62.75–63.85)

12.40 (12.39–12.41)

18.0 (17.99–18.01)

8.30 (8.29–8.31)

13.20 (13.19–13.21)

Grade grouping

 

 Primary

 Junior middle

 Junior high

38.50 (38.48–38.52)

35.30 (34.28–35.32)

24.20 (23.18–24.22)

67.70 (67.68–67.72)

60.50 (60.48–60.52)

69.70 (69.68–69.72)

13.40 (13.39–13.41)

13.31 (13.09–13.11)

21.60 (21.58–21.62)

11.50 (11.49–11.51)

7.90 (7.89–7.91)

13.90 (13.88–13.92)

Residential location

 

 Rural

 Urban

34.10 (34.09–34.11)

34.10 (34.09–34.11)

64.00 (63.99–64.01)

66.60 (66.59–66.61)

14.10 (14.09–14.11)15.90 (15.89–15.91)

9.99 (9.89–9.91)

11.30 (11.29–11.31)

  1. Prevalence is weighed using PAFCTYS sampling weights to be representative of the Chinese grade school population in 2017
  2. CI confidence interval