Table 1.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Korean children and adolescents
| Year | NSHE (6–18 yr) | KNHANES (2–18 yr) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Obesity (%) | Overweight (%) | n | Obesity (%) | Overweight (%) | |||||||||
| Boy | Girl | Total | Boy | Girl | Total | Boy | Girl | Total | Boy | Girl | Total | |||
| 2001 | 2,982 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | |||||||
| 2005 | 1,922 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.9 | |||||||
| 2007 | 112,401 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 1,118 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
| 2008 | 122,289 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 2,325 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 |
| 2009 | 194,817 | 13.2 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 2,395 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
| 2010 | 188,352 | 13.9 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 1,984 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.0 |
| 2011 | 181,350 | 13.7 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 1,716 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | 87,253 | 14.0 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 1,530 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 9.3 |
| 2013 | 84,480 | 14.9 | 10.5 | 12.8 | 6.8 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 1,688 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 7.2 | 9.5 |
| 2014 | 82,581 | 15.1 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 1,390 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 9.3 |
| 2015 | 84,815 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 8.4 | 1,282 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| 2016 | 82,883 | 17.1 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 7.2 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 1,570 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | 80,460 | 17.7 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 7.3 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 1,441 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 8.8 |