Body-mass index and obesity in urban and rural China: findings from consecutive nationally representative surveys during 2004-18.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In China, mean body-mass index (BMI) and obesity in adults have increased steadily since the early 1980s. However, to our knowledge, there has been no reliable assessment of recent trends, nationally, regionally, or in certain population subgroups. To address this evidence gap, we present detailed analyses of relevant data from six consecutive nationally representative health surveys done between 2004 and 2018. We aimed to examine the long-term and recent trends in mean BMI and prevalence of obesity among Chinese adults, with specific emphasis on changes before and after 2010 (when various national non-communicable disease prevention programmes were initiated), assess how these trends might vary by sex, age, urban-rural locality, and socioeconomic status, and estimate th

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7617101 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature