Trends in thinness, overweight and obesity among Chinese children aged 2-18 years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2010-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Changes in nutritional status during the COVID-19 pandemic may be attributed to the obesity-causing environment that had existed before. This paper aimed to investigate trends in thinness, overweight, and obesity among Chinese children aged 2 to 18 from 2010 to 2020 and assess the potential influence of pandemic.

Methods

The Chinese Family Panel Studies that were conducted every two years between 2010 and 2020 included 48,642 children between the ages of 2 and 18. Height and mass were reported, and the body mass index (BMI) was calculated. The prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity was estimated using sex-, and age-specific BMI cut-offs adopted by the International Obesity Task Force and population-weighted procedures. Linear regressions were used to est

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12620551 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature