PMID- 23452337
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131024
LR  - 20130510
IS  - 1464-5033 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4460 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 May
TI  - Rural-urban comparison in prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents 
      in Shandong, China.
PG  - 294-7
LID - 10.3109/03014460.2013.772654 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased in both developed 
      and developing countries. The increasing global prevalence of overweight and 
      obesity among children and adolescents constitutes a public health crisis. AIM: 
      The present study assessed the rural-urban differences in prevalence of 
      overweight and obesity among adolescents in Shandong Province, China from 
      1985-2010. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The BMI of adolescents aged 7-18 years was 
      calculated using data from five national repeated cross-sectional surveys on 
      students' constitution and health carried out by the government in 1985, 1995, 
      2000, 2005 and 2010 in Shandong Province, China. The prevalence of overweight and 
      obesity was obtained according to the WGOC (Working Group on Obesity in China) 
      reference norm and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut-offs. RESULTS: 
      In the past 25 years, The prevalence of overweight and obesity increased rapidly: 
      The rate of overweight plus obesity by WGOC reference norm increased from 3.60% 
      (Urban male), 3.03% (Urban female), 0.77% (Rural male) and 1.47% (Rural female) 
      in 1985 to 36.57% (Urban male), 19.39% (Urban female), 29.59% (Rural male) and 
      18.76% (Rural female) in 2010, respectively. The increasing trend is similar 
      using IOTF cut-offs. Differences in prevalence by year of overweight and obesity 
      between urban and rural areas were observed. CONCLUSION: Overweight and obesity 
      increased remarkably among Shandong adolescents from 1985-2010 and has become a 
      serious public health problem. Comprehensive evidence-based strategies of 
      intervention should be introduced, including periodic monitoring.
FAU - Zhang, Ying-Xiu
AU  - Zhang YX
AD  - Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong, PR China. 
      sdcdczyx@163.com
FAU - Wang, Shu-Rong
AU  - Wang SR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130304
PL  - England
TA  - Ann Hum Biol
JT  - Annals of human biology
JID - 0404024
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rural Population
MH  - Urban Population
EDAT- 2013/03/05 06:00
MHDA- 2013/10/25 06:00
CRDT- 2013/03/05 06:00
PHST- 2013/03/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/10/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/03014460.2013.772654 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Hum Biol. 2013 May;40(3):294-7. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2013.772654. Epub 2013 
      Mar 4.