Table 8. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in different Chinese populations.
| Characteristics | 0–5 years | 6–17 years | ≥ 18 years | |||||
| Overweight | Obesity | Overweight | Obesity | Overweight | Obesity | |||
| Data of the population aged 0 – 17 years were from the “Report on the Surveillance of Nutrition and Health of Chinese Residents 2015–2017”, and those of the residents aged ≥ 18 years were from the CCDRFS 2018. | ||||||||
| Overall | 6.8 | 3.6 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 34.3 | 16.4 | ||
| Urban area | 6.9 | 3.4 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 34.4 | 17.5 | ||
| Rural area | 6.7 | 3.7 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 34.2 | 15.3 | ||
| Male | 8 | 4.2 | 12.7 | 10 | 36.1 | 18.2 | ||
| Female | 5.4 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 32.5 | 14.7 | ||