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

Publication date: 2003-11-30

Keywords: Body Mass Index, Body Weight, Child, Child Welfare, statistics & numerical data, China, epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Obesity

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Abstract

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.