Table 2.
Subgroup analysis by development stage of the prevalence of overweight in Chinese children and adolescents aged 0–18 years (%).
| Time Period | Infancy (Age 0–1 Years) |
Toddlers (Age 1–3 Years) |
Preschool Children (Age 4–6 Years) |
School Children (Age 7–13 Years) |
Adolescents (Age 14–18 Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–1995 | - | - | - | 4.2 (3.8–4.5) | 3.3 (2.9–3.7) |
| 1996–2000 | 4.7 (4.5–5) | 1.4 (1.3–1.5) | 1.9 (1.8–2.0) | 6.0 (5.9–6.2) | 6.3 (6.1–6.4) |
| 2001–2005 | - | 9.7 (8.1–11.2) | 11.8 (10.8–12.9) | 6.6 (6.4–6.8) | 7.1 (6.8–7.5) |
| 2006–2010 | 19.4 (18.9–19.9) | 17.6 (17.3–18) | 11.0 (10.7–11.2) | 13.4 (13.2–13.7) | 9.1 (8.9–9.3) |
| 2011–2015 | - | - | 7.5 (6.5–8.5) | 12.8 (12.6–13) | 10.2 (10.0–10.4) |
| Total | 11.7 (11.4–11.9) | 7.4 (7.2–7.5) | 5.6 (5.5–5.7) | 9.7 (9.6–9.7) | 8.2 (8.1–8.3) |