Secular trends in prevalence and risk factors of obesity in infants and preschool children in 9 Chinese cities, 1986-2006

No prevalence/trends were reported in Chinese infants and preschool children at the national level in this historical period of 1980s-2000s. The objectives of this paper were to present the 20-year trends in prevalence and risk factors of obesity in children below 7 years. Data obtained from a serie...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2012-10, Vol.7 (10), p.e46942-e46942
Hauptverfasser:	Zong, Xin-Nan, Li, Hui
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Birth weight Blood pressure Body mass Cardiovascular disease Child Child development Child health Child, Preschool Childhood obesity Children Children & youth Childrens health China - epidemiology Cities Cities - statistics & numerical data Data Collection Epidemics Female Gender Girls Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infants Kindergarten Male Maternal & child health Medical research Medicine Nutrition Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Pediatrics Preschool children Prevalence Risk analysis Risk Factors Surveys Trends
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Zusammenfassung:	No prevalence/trends were reported in Chinese infants and preschool children at the national level in this historical period of 1980s-2000s. The objectives of this paper were to present the 20-year trends in prevalence and risk factors of obesity in children below 7 years. Data obtained from a series of three sequential national surveys performed using the same design in the same 9 cities in 1986, 1996 and 2006. Weight and height (length
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0046942