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. 2012 May 28;2012:180176. doi: 10.1155/2012/180176

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.