TABLE 4.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults by gender, age, areas of residence and regions using obesity definition proposed by the World Health Organization* (2000).
| Overweight (95% CI) | Obesity (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|||||
| Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | |
| Overall | 19.0% (16.9–21.1) | 15.4% (12.4–18.4) | 22.4% (19.6–25.2) | 4.8% (2.6–7.0) | 2.2% (−1.0–5.4) | 7.3% (4.2–10.4) |
|
| ||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 19–39 | 14.9% (11.5–18.3) | 12.8% (7.9–17.7) | 16.9% (12.2–21.6) | 4.6% (1.1–8.1) | 2.1% (−3.1–7.3) | 7.1% (2.2–12.0) |
| 40–59 | 27.8% (23.8–31.8) | 22.5% (16.5–28.5) | 32.9% (27.5–38.3) | 6.7% (2.1–11.3) | 3.0% (−3.7–9.7) | 10.1% (3.8–16.4) |
| 60+ | 17.8% (14.4–21.2) | 13.9% (9.0–18.8) | 21.6% (16.9–26.3) | 3.8% (0.1–7.5) | 2.1% (−3.2–7.4) | 5.6% (0.4–10.8) |
|
| ||||||
| Area of Residence | ||||||
| Rural | 16.9% (13.7–20.1) | 12.2% (7.6–16.8) | 21.5% (17.2–25.8) | 4.7% (1.3–8.1) | 1.7% (−3.3–6.7) | 7.5% (2.8–12.2) |
| Urban | 20.6% (17.9–23.3) | 17.9% (13.9–21.9) | 23.2% (19.4–27.0) | 5.0% (2.0–8.0) | 2.7% (−1.6–7.0) | 7.0% (2.9–11.1) |
|
| ||||||
| Geographic Regions | ||||||
| Bangkok | 22.5% (16.7–28.3) | 17.1% (8.2–26.0) | 27.1% (19.4–34.8) | 7.0% (0.6–13.4) | 3.5% (−6.1–13.1) | 10.0% (1.4–18.6) |
| Central | 19.5% (15.1–23.9) | 17.6% (11.3–23.9) | 21.3% (15.2–27.4) | 6.3% (1.6–11.0) | 2.2% (−4.8–9.2) | 10.2% (3.7–16.7) |
| North | 17.7% (13.3–22.1) | 16.1% (9.7–22.5) | 19.3% (13.1–25.5) | 4.1% (−0.8–9.0) | 2.4% (−4.5–9.3) | 5.6% (−1.1–12.3) |
| South | 21.4% (17.1–25.7) | 15.5% (9.1–21.9) | 27.2% (21.3–33.1) | 4.3% (−0.5–9.1) | 1.8% (−4.9–8.5) | 7.7% (0.6–14.8) |
| Northeast | 15.4% (10.9–19.9) | 11.7% (5.2–18.2) | 19.2% (13.0–25.4) | 3.6% (−1.2–8.4) | 2.1% (−4.7–8.9) | 4.9% (−1.8–11.6) |
*
Body mass index (BMI)=25–29.9 kg/m2 for overweight; BMI≥30 kg/m2 for obesity.