Spatial and Temporal Changes in Prevalence of Obesity Among Chinese Children and Adolescents, 1985–2005
GIS SNAPSHOTS — Volume 16 — December 12, 2019
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Differences in the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and adolescents in the 30 mainland provinces of China in 1985, 1995, 2000, and 2005. Data were stratified by sex and year. Data were derived from 4 waves of the Chinese National Survey on Student’s Constitution and Health (5). Areas with no color were not included in the survey. Overweight/obesity was defined as body mass index ≥85th percentile (6).
| Province | 1985 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| Anhui | 0.59 | 1.32 | 1.67 | 2.00 | 5.31 | 4.00 | 6.42 | 4.62 |
| Beijing | 2.92 | 2.99 | 8.18 | 6.96 | 13.0 | 8.61 | 16.41 | 10.09 |
| Chongqing | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | 7.12 | 4.63 |
| Fujian | 0.33 | 0.65 | 6.28 | 4.14 | 10.39 | 5.06 | 10.61 | 5.40 |
| Inner Mongolia | 0.60 | 2.08 | 3.47 | 2.85 | 6.78 | 4.88 | 9.97 | 7.06 |
| Gansu | 0.53 | 1.32 | 2.44 | 2.66 | 5.32 | 3.8 | 7.71 | 4.97 |
| Guangdong | 0.26 | 0.48 | 1.81 | 2.11 | 3.86 | 3.31 | 5.58 | 3.15 |
| Guangxi | 0.22 | 0.67 | 1.71 | 1.32 | 6.14 | 3.58 | 6.39 | 4.46 |
| Guizhou | 0.60 | 2.06 | 2.36 | 3.94 | 2.92 | 2.53 | 4.41 | 3.87 |
| Hainan | Not available | Not available | 1.76 | 1.32 | 5.41 | 2.95 | 7.05 | 4.25 |
| Hebei | 1.17 | 2.13 | 7.36 | 5.03 | 12.50 | 8.32 | 12.45 | 9.03 |
| Heilongjiang | 0.74 | 1.63 | 5.28 | 3.92 | 9.06 | 5.78 | 14.74 | 8.40 |
| Henan | 0.64 | 1.28 | 4.17 | 3.43 | 8.02 | 5.62 | 11.25 | 7.72 |
| Hubei | 0.63 | 1.41 | 3.72 | 2.03 | 3.81 | 2.53 | 7.54 | 5.14 |
| Hunan | 0.40 | 1.10 | 3.29 | 2.94 | 6.28 | 3.31 | 9.05 | 4.12 |
| Jiangsu | 1.10 | 1.88 | 4.45 | 3.52 | 10.18 | 5.67 | 13.95 | 8.51 |
| Jiangxi | 0.42 | 1.16 | 2.48 | 1.98 | 5.28 | 3.01 | 7.74 | 4.88 |
| Jilin | 0.77 | 1.18 | 4.57 | 3.39 | 6.79 | 6.57 | 9.86 | 7.27 |
| Liaoning | 1.12 | 1.66 | 6.67 | 5.03 | 9.68 | 6.40 | 12.89 | 8.72 |
| Ningxia | 0.31 | 1.42 | 2.47 | 2.28 | 3.14 | 3.72 | 7.93 | 5.80 |
| Qinghai | 0.23 | 0.78 | Not available | Not available | 2.83 | 1.81 | 4.43 | 2.74 |
| Shaanxi | 0.35 | 1.01 | 3.23 | 2.84 | 5.69 | 3.83 | 7.22 | 4.28 |
| Shandong | 1.91 | 2.10 | 7.53 | 4.89 | 12.99 | 7.87 | 14.29 | 8.86 |
| Shanghai | 1.66 | 1.54 | 8.70 | 5.48 | 11.3 | 6.47 | 14.63 | 8.09 |
| Shanxi | 0.83 | 1.67 | 4.45 | 3.65 | 8.28 | 5.25 | 9.9 | 6.59 |
| Sichuan | 0.35 | 1.58 | 2.27 | 2.64 | 4.47 | 2.98 | 6.64 | 4.25 |
| Tianjin | 1.69 | 2.21 | 10.43 | 7.36 | 7.41 | 7.91 | 15.68 | 10.03 |
| Xinjiang | 0.48 | 1.05 | 1.94 | 1.83 | 7.40 | 2.92 | 8.89 | 4.52 |
| Yunnan | 0.59 | 1.50 | 2.79 | 1.83 | 6.16 | 4.57 | 6.66 | 3.63 |
| Zhejiang | 0.33 | 0.78 | 4.96 | 3.11 | 8.56 | 5.39 | 12.04 | 6.79 |
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