Table 2.
Rates of overweight and obesity in the overall student sample and broken down by gender
| Study city | Obesity reference | All students | Boys | Girls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Overweight (%) | Obese (%) | N | Overweight (%) | Obese (%) | N | Overweight (%) | Obese (%) | ||
| Total sample | WGOC | 5032 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 2558 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 2474 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| WHO | 17.8 | 13.8 | 23.2 | 19.0 | 12.2 | 8.4 | ||||
| Beijing | WGOC | 1061 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 529 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 532 | 8.3 | 12.8 |
| WHO | 16.9 | 15.6 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 11.8 | 10.7 | ||||
| Guanzhou | WGOC | 1039 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 534 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 505 | 8.1 | 10.5 |
| WHO | 14.8 | 13.7 | 19.5 | 17.0 | 9.9 | 10.1 | ||||
| Hefei | WGOC | 933 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 456 | 18.9 | 13.8 | 477 | 10.7 | 8.0 |
| WHO | 20.0 | 10.4 | 26.8 | 14.9 | 13.6 | 6.1 | ||||
| Shangai | WGOC | 927 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 482 | 18.3 | 21.0 | 445 | 8.1 | 9.0 |
| WHO | 17.7 | 15.2 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 12.6 | 7.0 | ||||
| Xi'an | WGOC | 1072 | 16.1 | 13.1 | 557 | 21.7 | 16.7 | 515 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| WHO | 19.8 | 13.6 | 25.9 | 19.2 | 13.2 | 7.6 | ||||
WGOC = Working Group on Obesity in China; WHO = World Health Organization child growth charts.