Geographical variation and urban-rural disparity of overweight and obesity in Chinese school-aged children between 2010 and 2014: two successive national cross-sectional surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The urban-rural disparity for childhood overweight and obesity shows different patterns in most countries. This study aimed to examine the recent trend of urban-rural disparity for childhood overweight and obesity at national and subnational levels in Chinese children from 2010 to 2014.

Design

Two successive national cross-sectional studies. Overweight and obesity were classified using Chinese national age-specific and sex-specific body mass index reference. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was compared between urban and rural areas at national and subnational levels.

Setting

Thirty-one provinces in China.

Participants

Data were obtained from the Chinese National Survey on Students' Constitution and Health in 2010 and 2014 with 215 214 (107 741

SUBMITTER: Dong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500219 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature