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. 2020 Mar 30;29(1):12–17. doi: 10.7570/jomes20002

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

Diagnostic criteria for overweight and obesity were based on the 2007 growth charts19 for the NSHE and the 2017 growth charts20 for the KNHANES.

NSHE, National School Health Examination; KNHANES, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.