Table 2.
Overall and sex-specific number, proportions (n/%) children, age 10–17 years, classified as underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese in 2008 and 2018 from the Diagnoform program(n = 90 250)
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | P for trend* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–12 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Underweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 646 (10.59) | 218 (10.86) | 495 (10.26) | 542 (13.10) | 349 (11.52) | 278 (10.83) | 395 (12.77) | 208 (15.25) | 384 (12.37) | 741 (16.91) | 351 (14.20) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Boys | 293 (9.29) | 106 (9.80) | 221 (8.64) | 267 (11.22) | 129 (8.41) | 122 (9.36) | 160 (10.30) | 94 (13.54) | 184 (11.16) | 338 (15.06) | 150 (11.99) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 353 (11.99) | 112 (12.09) | 274 (12.11) | 275 (15.63) | 220 (14.71) | 156 (12.34) | 235 (15.26) | 114 (17.01) | 200 (13.75) | 403 (18.85) | 201 (16.46) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Healthy weight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 4072 (66.77) | 1442 (71.81) | 3345 (69.37) | 2861 (69.14) | 2093 (69.10) | 1789 (69.69) | 2173 (70.23) | 971 (71.19) | 2156 (69.46) | 3032 (69.18) | 1738 (70.30) | 0.00921 | ||||||||
| Boys | 2161 (69.49) | 779 (72.00) | 1791 (69.99) | 1684 (70.79) | 1086 (70.84) | 919 (70.53) | 1127 (72.52) | 501 (72.19) | 1177 (71.38) | 1559 (69.44) | 908 (72.58) | 0.0485 | ||||||||
| Girls | 1911 (64.91) | 663 (71.61) | 1554 (68.67) | 1177 (66.91) | 1007 (67.31) | 870 (68.83) | 1046 (67.92) | 470 (70.15) | 979 (67.29) | 1473 (68.90) | 830 (67.98) | 0.06781 | ||||||||
| Overweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 1044 (17.11) | 271 (13.50) | 756 (15.68) | 566 (13.68) | 471 (15.55) | 381 (14.84) | 432 (13.96) | 157 (11.51) | 464 (14.95) | 512 (11.68) | 302 (12.22) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Boys | 531 (16.83) | 153 (14.14) | 423 (16.53) | 332 (13.95) | 259 (16.89) | 205 (15.74) | 218 (14.03) | 77 (11.10) | 240 (14.55) | 289 (12.87) | 149 (11.91) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 513 (17.43) | 118 (12.74) | 333 (14.71) | 234 (13.30) | 212 (14.17) | 176 (13.92) | 214 (13.90) | 80 (11.94) | 224 (15.39) | 223 (10.43) | 153 (12.53) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Obese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 337 (5.53) | 77 (3.83) | 226 (4.69) | 169 (4.08) | 116 (3.83) | 119 (4.64) | 94 (3.04) | 28 (2.05) | 100 (3.22) | 98 (2.23) | 81 (3.28) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Boys | 170 (5.39) | 44 (4.06) | 124 (4.84) | 96 (4.04) | 59 (3.86) | 57 (4.37) | 49 (3.15) | 22 (3.17) | 48 (2.91) | 59 (2.63) | 44 (3.52) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 167 (5.67) | 33 (3.56) | 102 (4.51) | 73 (4.14) | 57 (3.81) | 62 (4.91) | 45 (2.62) | 6 (0.90) | 52 (3.57) | 39 (1.82) | 37 (3.03) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| 13–15 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Underweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 222 (10.05) | 170 (9.80) | 417 (10.56) | 569 (13.05) | 605 (11.41) | 375 (10.26) | 648 (11.98) | 341 (13.94) | 401 (11.68) | 260 (13.81) | 179 (11.00) | 0.0002 | ||||||||
| Boys | 103 (8.39) | 91 (9.59) | 188 (8.68) | 295 (11.88) | 232 (8.60) | 186 (9.10) | 253 (9.89) | 132 (11.22) | 180 (10.69) | 121 (12.78) | 79 (10.38) | 0.003 | ||||||||
| Girls | 119 (12.13) | 79 (10.05) | 229 (12.85) | 274 (14.60) | 373 (14.32) | 189 (11.72) | 395 (15.20) | 209 (16.46) | 221 (12.63) | 139 (14.85) | 100 (11.55) | 0.115 | ||||||||
| Healthy weight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 1681 (76.13) | 1302 (75.04) | 2992 (58.04) | 3218 (73.79) | 3883 (73.22) | 2654 (72.59) | 3868 (75.00) | 1874 (76.61) | 2601 (75.76) | 1373 (72.91) | 1278 (78.55) | 0.255 | ||||||||
| Boys | 928 (75.63) | 702 (73.97) | 1637 (75.54) | 1823 (73.39) | 1990 (73.76) | 1467 (71.81) | 1930 (75.42) | 893 (75.93) | 1264 (75.06) | 679 (71.70) | 590 (77.53) | 0.255 | ||||||||
| Girls | 753 (76.76) | 600 (76.34) | 1355 (76.05) | 1395 (74.32) | 1893 (72.67) | 1187 (73.59) | 1938 (74.60) | 981 (77.25) | 1337 (76.44) | 694 (74.15) | 688 (79.45) | 0.217 | ||||||||
| Overweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 243 (11.01) | 200 (11.53) | 453 (11.47) | 467 (10.71) | 659 (12.43) | 482 (13.18) | 523 (10.13) | 199 (8.14) | 341 (9.93) | 195 (10.36) | 141 (8.67) | 0.011 | ||||||||
| Boys | 158 (12.88) | 115 (12.12) | 287 (13.24) | 292 (11.75) | 377 (13.97) | 301 (14.73) | 299 (11.68) | 131 (11.15) | 190 (11.28) | 112 (11.82) | 74 (9.72) | 0.011 | ||||||||
| Girls | 85 (8.66) | 85 (10.81) | 166 (9.31) | 175 (9.32) | 282 (10.82) | 181 (11.22) | 224 (8.62) | 68 (5.35) | 151 (8.63) | 83 (8.87) | 67 (7.73) | 0.003 | ||||||||
| Obese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 62 (2.81) | 63 (3.63) | 87 (2.20) | 107 (2.45) | 156 (2.94) | 145 (3.97) | 118 (2.29) | 32 (1.31) | 90 (2.62) | 55 (2.92) | 29 (1.78) | 0.037 | ||||||||
| Boys | 38 (3.10) | 41 (4.32) | 55 (2.54) | 74 (2.98) | 99 (3.67) | 89 (4.36) | 77 (3.01) | 20 (1.70) | 50 (2.97) | 35 (3.70) | 18 (2.37) | 0.344 | ||||||||
| Girls | 24 (2.45) | 22 (2.80) | 32 (1.80) | 33 (1.76) | 57 (2.19) | 56 (3.47) | 41 (1.58) | 12 (0.95) | 40 (2.29) | 20 (2.13) | 11 (1.27) | 0.104 | ||||||||
| 16–17 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Underweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 253 (12.09) | 62 (9.71) | 189 (9.95) | 168 (13.35) | 154 (11.93) | 158 (10.25) | 292 (14.43) | 233 (14.06) | 308 (11.41) | 127 (17.30) | 184 (11.67) | 0.015 | ||||||||
| Boys | 108 (8.73) | 28 (7.14) | 81 (7.22) | 68 (9.71) | 53 (8.07) | 79 (8.69) | 125 (11.53) | 93 (11.33) | 138 (9.79) | 84 (18.54) | 92 (10.27) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 145 (16.96) | 34 (13.76) | 108 (13.88) | 100 (17.92) | 101 (15.93) | 79 (12.50) | 167 (17.78) | 140 (16.75) | 170 (13.17) | 43 (15.30) | 92 (13.52) | 0.118 | ||||||||
| Healthy weight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 1555 (74.33) | 492 (76.99) | 1481 (77.99) | 924 (73.45) | 954 (73.90) | 1156 (75.02) | 1501 (74.21) | 1236 (74.59) | 2002 (74.12) | 499 (67.98) | 1158 (73.43) | 0.003 | ||||||||
| Boys | 924 (74.70) | 313 (79.85) | 887 (79.13) | 539 (77.00) | 500 (76.10) | 684 (75.25) | 799 (73.70) | 629 (76.61) | 1040 (73.76) | 296 (65.35) | 659 (73.55) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 631 (73.80) | 179 (72.47) | 594 (76.35) | 385 (69.00) | 454 (71.61) | 472 (74.68) | 702 (74.76) | 607 (72.61) | 962 (74.51) | 203 (72.24) | 499 (73.27) | 0.9568 | ||||||||
| Overweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 217 (10.37) | 67 (10.48) | 191 (10.06) | 140 (11.13) | 146 (11.30) | 172 (11.16) | 183 (9.05) | 157 (9.47) | 310 (11.48) | 92 (12.52) | 180 (11.41) | 0.215 | ||||||||
| Boys | 155 (12.53) | 41 (10.46) | 128 (11.42) | 82 (11.71) | 87 (13.24) | 112 (12.32) | 120 (11.07) | 88 (10.72) | 187 (13.26) | 59 (13.02) | 115 (12.83) | 0.404 | ||||||||
| Girls | 62 (7.25) | 26 (10.53) | 63 (8.10) | 58 (10.39) | 59 (9.31) | 60 (9.50) | 63 (6.71) | 69 (8.25) | 123 (9.53) | 33 (11.74) | 65 (9.54) | 0.179 | ||||||||
| Obese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 67 (3.21) | 18 (2.82) | 38 (2.00) | 26 (2.07) | 37 (2.87) | 55 (3.57) | 47 (2.32) | 31 (1.87) | 81 (2.99) | 16 (2.18) | 55 (3.49) | 0.612 | ||||||||
| Boys | 50 (4.04) | 10 (2.55) | 25 (2.23) | 11 (1.57) | 17 (2.59) | 34 (3.74) | 40 (3.69) | 11 (1.34) | 45 (3.19) | 14 (3.09) | 30 (3.35) | 0.951 | ||||||||
| Girls | 17 (1.99) | 8 (3.24) | 13 (1.67) | 15 (2.69) | 20 (3.15) | 21 (3.32) | 7 (0.75) | 20 (2.39) | 36 (2.79) | 2 (0.71) | 25 (3.67) | 0.301 | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Underweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 1121 (10.78) | 450 (10.26) | 1101 (10.32) | 1279 (13.11) | 1108 (11.52) | 811 (10.45) | 1335 (12.99) | 782 (14.30) | 1093 (11.83) | 1128 (16.11) | 714 (12.58) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Boys | 504 (8.97) | 225 (9.28) | 490 (8.38) | 630 (11.32) | 414 (8.47) | 387 (9.10) | 538 (10.35) | 319 (11.85) | 502 (10.58) | 543 (14.89) | 321 (11.04) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 617 (12.91) | 225 (11.48) | 611 (12.67) | 649 (15.47) | 694 (14.66) | 424 (12.08) | 797 (15.70) | 463 (16.68) | 591 (13.15) | 585 (17.44) | 393 (14.20) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Healthy weight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 7308 (70.28) | 3236 (73.80) | 7818 (73.27) | 7003 (71.77) | 6930 (72.01) | 5599 (72.11) | 7542 (73.41) | 4081 (74.65) | 6759 (73.16) | 4904 (70.07) | 4174 (73.54) | 0.018 | ||||||||
| Boys | 4013 (71.42) | 1794 (74.04) | 4315 (73.80) | 4046 (72.74) | 3576 (73.16) | 3070 (72.15) | 3856 (74.97) | 2023 (75.18) | 3481 (73.39) | 2534 (69.53) | 2157 (74.16) | 0.686 | ||||||||
| Girls | 3295 (68.93) | 1442 (73.61) | 3503 (72.63) | 2957 (70.52) | 3354 (70.83) | 2529 (72.07) | 3686 (72.60) | 2058 (74.13) | 3278 (72.93) | 2370 (70.64) | 2017 (72.86) | 0.001 | ||||||||
| Overweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 1504 (14.46) | 538 (12.27) | 1400 (13.12) | 1173 (12.02) | 1276 (13.26) | 1035 (13.33) | 1138 (11.08) | 513 (9.38) | 1115 (12.07) | 799 (11.41) | 623 (10.98) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Boys | 844 (15.02) | 309 (12.75) | 838 (14.33) | 706 (12.69) | 723 (14.79) | 618 (14.52) | 637 (12.27) | 296 (11.00) | 617 (13.00) | 460 (12.62) | 338 (11.62) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 660 (13.81) | 229 (11.69) | 562 (11.65) | 467 (11.13) | 553 (11.68) | 417 (11.88) | 501 (9.87) | 217 (7.82) | 498 (11.08) | 339 (10.10) | 285 (10.30) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Obese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 466 (4.48) | 158 (3.60) | 351 (3.29) | 302 (3.09) | 309 (3.21) | 319 (4.11) | 259 (2.52) | 91 (1.66) | 271 (2.93) | 169 (2.41) | 165 (2.91) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Boys | 258 (4.59) | 95 (3.92) | 204 (3.49) | 181 (3.25) | 175 (3.58) | 180 (4.23) | 166 (3.19) | 53 (1.97) | 143 (3.01) | 108 (2.96) | 92 (3.16) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| Girls | 208 (4.35) | 63 (3.22) | 147 (3.05) | 121 (2.88) | 134 (2.83) | 139 (3.96) | 93 (1.84) | 38 (1.37) | 128 (2.84) | 61 (1.82) | 73 (2.64) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
*Cochran–Armitage trend test. Significant P values are indicated in bold font