Table 5.
Prevalence (%) of attempts to control weight with 95% confidence intervals (CI) among overweight adolescents by survey year.
| Current1 weight controlling % (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |
| Overweight boys | 2.5 (0.6–9.9) | 9.3 (5.1–16.3) | 12.3 (7.5–19.6) | 17.8 (12.6–24.6) | 13.3 (9.0–19.2) |
| Overweight girls | 19.2 (8.3–38.3) | 26.2 (16.4–38.9) | 33.3 (23.6–44.8) | 28.6 (21.2–37.2) | 39.3 (31.0–48.2) |
| During previous 12 months2 % (95% CI) | |||||
| Overweight boys | 26.9 (19.8–35.5) | 25.9 (18.8–34.6) | 21.5 (15.8–28.5) | ||
| Overweight girls | 70.9 (60.1–79.8) | 56.4 (45.9–66.4) | 62.5 (52.3–71.7) | ||
1Prevalence of overweight adolescents who were on a diet or did something else to control their weight at the time of filling in the survey form.
2Prevalence of overweight adolescents who had gone on a diet, changed their eating habits or done something else to control their weight at some point during the last 12 months leading up to the survey; available from 2002.