Focus on Childhood Overweight and Obesity
Epidemiological characteristics of waist circumference and abdominal obesity among Chinese children and adolescents aged 6-17 years
Hongyun Fang, Dan Liu, Liyun Zhao, Dongmei Yu, Qian Zhang, Wentao Yu, Yi Zhai, Wenhua Zhao
Published 2018-06-10
Cite as Chin J Epidemiol, 2018, 39(6): 715-719. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.06.004
Abstract
ObjectiveTo analyze the epidemiological characteristics of waist circumference and abdominal obesity among Chinese children and adolescents aged 6-17 years.
MethodsData was from the samples of aged 6-17 years in the China National Nutrition and Health Surveillance program in 2010-2012. P90 (the same age, the same sex) was used as the diagnostic value for abdominal obesity.
ResultsThe overall waist circumference of children and adolescents in all the age groups appeared higher in males than that in females (P<0.000 1), higher in cities than that in the rural areas (P<0.05), and higher in children with high family income than those with middle or low family incomes (P=0.000 3). The rate of abdominal obesity in children and adolescents aged 6-17 years appeared as 11.2% on average and 10.7% and 11.8% for boys and girls, respectively but with no significant difference (P>0.05). Rates on abdominal obesity appeared as 13.2% and 8.5% for boys while as 12.3% and 11.2% for girls respectively, in urban or rural areas. As for the levels of family income, the abdominal obesity rates appeared as 15.8%, 11.5% and 8.8% respectively for boys while 13.5%, 11.9% and 11.6% respectively for girls, under high, middle and low levels of family income.
ConclusionThe rate of abdominal obesity in boys seemed more responsive to the impact of income in urban or rural areas.
Key words:
Waist circumference; Abdominal obesity; Children and adolescents
Contributor Information
Hongyun Fang
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Dan Liu
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Liyun Zhao
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Dongmei Yu
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Qian Zhang
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Wentao Yu
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Yi Zhai
Division of Non-communicable Diseases Control and Community Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Wenhua Zhao
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
