Overweight and obesity in children from Shenzhen, Peoples Republic of China

We describe overweight and obesity prevalence in Shenzhen school children (2146 girls and 2428 boys) aged 7 to 12 years, Guangdong Province, China. Nineteen percent of boys and 11% of girls were overweight or obese. Boys had odds of almost 2 to 1 (1.92, 95% CI 1.62,2.27) of being overweight or obese...

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Published inHealth & place Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 371 - 376
Main Authors Hui, Li, Bell, A.Colin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2003
Subjects
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Child
Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data
Children
China
China - epidemiology
Female
Health technology assessment
Humans
Male
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Overweight
Shenzhen
China
Obesity
Children
China
Shenzhen
Overweight
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Summary:We describe overweight and obesity prevalence in Shenzhen school children (2146 girls and 2428 boys) aged 7 to 12 years, Guangdong Province, China. Nineteen percent of boys and 11% of girls were overweight or obese. Boys had odds of almost 2 to 1 (1.92, 95% CI 1.62,2.27) of being overweight or obese compared to girls and children aged 9 years and over were at greater odds of being overweight or obese than those aged 7 years ( p<0.05). Overweight and obesity prevalence among children from Shenzhen rivals that of children from developed nations. Current obesity levels in Shenzhen may represent future levels for urban China.
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ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/S1353-8292(03)00049-2