Trends of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged children among Henan Province from 2000 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Overweight and obesity are harmful to human health. However, the latest trends of Chinese childhood overweight and obesity prevalence are not available. The aim of this study was to examine the trends from 2000 to 2019 among students in China.

Methods

We analyzed data of 66,072 students in the Chinese National Survey on Students' Constitution and Health from 2000 to 2019. Overweight and obesity were defined based on the standard formulated by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF standard), the World Health Organization (WHO standard), and the Working Group on Obesity in China (WGOC standard), respectively. The χ²-test was used to test the trends of overweight and obesity prevalence and logistic regression was conducted to evaluate the prevalence o

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9760942 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature