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Table 3 Thirty-year trends in underweight, stunting, wasted, possible risk of overweight, overweight and obesity prevalence in children by age, 1985–2015

From: Child nutrition to new stage in China: evidence from a series of national surveys, 1985–2015

 

1985

1995

2005

2015

χ2

P for trend

< 2 yrs

 Underweight

3.23

1.09

0.72

0.57

2952.11

< 0.0001

 Stunting

8.73

3.59

1.69

1.03

8910.29

< 0.0001

 Wasted

1.88

1.28

1.08

0.85

416.09

< 0.0001

 Possible risk of overweight a

19.13

23.25

26.13

25.82

1525.68

< 0.0001

 Overweight b

3.58

4.42

5.53

5.60

 Obesity

0.48

0.48

0.71

0.74

2- < 7 yrs

 Underweight

7.94

3.15

1.27

0.64

6689.55

< 0.0001

 Stunting

17.12

6.95

2.04

0.70

17,068.44

< 0.0001

 Wasted

1.99

1.54

1.32

1.32

123.98

< 0.0001

 Possible risk of overweight a

7.38

8.40

13.64

16.91

3875.34

< 0.0001

 Overweight b

0.87

0.81

2.32

4.34

 Obesity

0.17

0.09

0.24

0.86

< 5 yrs

 Underweight

4.44

1.61

0.84

0.59

6695.22

< 0.0001

 Stunting

12.21

4.99

1.92

0.97

21,373.95

< 0.0001

 Wasted

1.68

1.20

1.01

0.87

433.97

< 0.0001

 Possible risk of overweight a

15.92

19.01

22.41

22.73

2563.41

< 0.0001

 Overweight b

2.76

3.30

4.48

4.96

vObesity

0.40

0.36

0.57

0.72

5- < 7 yrs

 Underweight

10.02

3.99

1.59

0.67

2920.65

< 0.0001

 Stunting

12.69

4.89

1.29

0.42

4367.71

< 0.0001

 Wasted

3.41

2.62

2.30

2.17

77.99

< 0.0001

 Possible risk of overweight a

3.49

5.42

11.87

17.94

3259.36

< 0.0001

 Overweight b

0.49

0.69

2.42

5.73

 Obesity

0.07

0.09

0.18

1.21

< 7 yrs

 Underweight

5.23

1.94

0.95

0.60

9567.42

< 0.0001

 Stunting

12.28

4.97

1.83

0.89

25,683.72

< 0.0001

 Wasted

1.93

1.38

1.19

1.05

502.54

< 0.0001

 Possible risk of overweight a

14.17

17.14

20.95

22.06

3992.93

< 0.0001

 Overweight b

2.44

2.94

4.20

5.07

 Obesity

0.35

0.32

0.52

0.79

  1. aIncluding overweight and obesity; b Including obesity