Table 3.
Regional and area distribution of overweightness/obesity, Turkey, 2012.
| 0–23 months old overweight/obese children | 24–59 months old overweight/obese children | |||||
| %1 | n2 | P | %1 | n2 | P | |
| Regions | ||||||
| West | 16.5 | 187 | 0.105 | 12.3 | 254 | 0.001 |
| South | 16.1 | 167 | 6.4 | 160 | ||
| Middle | 15.3 | 171 | 13.7 | 217 | ||
| North | 11.2 | 130 | 10.4 | 179 | ||
| East | 8.2 | 392 | 5.2* | 339 | ||
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 15.2 | 755 | 0.007 | 10.3 | 829 | 0.880 |
| Rural | 8.2* | 292 | 10.0 | 320 | ||
1Row percentage. 2 Total unweighted count. *Statistically significant cells.