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Prevalence and tendency of thinness and excess body weight in children, stratified by age and genders. A significant decreasing tendency with age of excess body weight prevalence was shown in both boys and girls, and the combined prevalence was obviously higher in boys than in girls (P <0.05). However, prevalence of thinness had significant differences neither in genders nor in ages (P >0.05).
