TABLE 1. Prevalence and change in of obesity and overweight (including obesity), by sex, grade, and year, Chile.
|
Weight status/grade |
Prevalence, % |
Change in prevalence, % |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2016 to 2017 |
2016 to 2019 |
|
|
GIRLS | |||||||||
|
Obese | |||||||||
|
Pre-kindergarten |
20.3 |
21.6 |
20.9 |
21.5 |
19.4 |
21.5 |
21.7 |
–2.1 |
0.2 |
|
Kindergarten |
21.2 |
22.7 |
21.5 |
22.3 |
19.8 |
22.2 |
22.1 |
–2.5 |
–0.2 |
|
First grade |
22.3 |
22.3 |
21.5 |
21.9 |
21.2 |
21.7 |
22.1 |
–0.7 |
0.2 |
|
Ninth grade |
11.0 |
11.2 |
11.4 |
12.5 |
15.2 |
14.0 |
14.7 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
|
Overweight | |||||||||
|
Pre-kindergarten |
47.7 |
47.4 |
47.2 |
48.1 |
46.6 |
47.8 |
48.0 |
–1.5 |
–0.1 |
|
Kindergarten |
48.9 |
49.3 |
48.9 |
50.1 |
46.7 |
49.3 |
49.0 |
–3.4 |
–1.1 |
|
First grade |
50.0 |
50.1 |
49.4 |
49.7 |
48.6 |
49.1 |
49.2 |
–1.1 |
–0.5 |
|
Ninth grade |
41.4 |
42.4 |
42.8 |
44.2 |
47.1 |
46.3 |
46.9 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
|
BOYS | |||||||||
|
Obese | |||||||||
|
Pre-kindergarten |
24.4 |
26.3 |
24.7 |
26.2 |
23.1 |
25.8 |
26.2 |
–3.1 |
0.0 |
|
Kindergarten |
26.0 |
27.9 |
26.8 |
27.5 |
24.3 |
27.0 |
27.4 |
–3.2 |
–0.1 |
|
First grade |
28.3 |
27.9 |
26.9 |
27.1 |
26.4 |
27.1 |
27.5 |
–0.7 |
0.4 |
|
Ninth grade |
13.6 |
13.9 |
13.7 |
14.3 |
16.9 |
15.3 |
16.5 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
|
Overweight | |||||||||
|
Pre-kindergarten |
52.4 |
52.5 |
51.4 |
52.4 |
50.8 |
51.8 |
52.4 |
–1.6 |
0.0 |
|
Kindergarten |
53.1 |
53.9 |
52.6 |
53.9 |
50.9 |
53.2 |
53.5 |
–3.0 |
–0.4 |
|
First grade |
53.7 |
53.5 |
52.8 |
52.6 |
51.9 |
52.6 |
52.7 |
–0.7 |
0.1 |
|
Ninth grade |
45.7 |
46.9 |
46.2 |
46.2 |
45.2 |
46.5 |
48.2 |
–1.0 |
2.0 |
Note: Pre-kindergarten: age 4 years; kindergarten: age 5 years; first grade: age 6 years; ninth grade: age 14 years.
Source: Survey of Nutrition, 2023 (17).