The Prevalence and Increasing Trends of Overweight, General Obesity, and Abdominal Obesity among Chinese Adults: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study

Citation

Chen, Yongjie; Peng, Qin; Yang, Yu; Zheng, Senshuang; Wang, Yuan; & Lu, Wenli (2019). The Prevalence and Increasing Trends of Overweight, General Obesity, and Abdominal Obesity among Chinese Adults: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. BMC Public Health, 19, 1293. PMCID: PMC6794823

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of general and abdominal obesity has increased rapidly in China. The aims of this study were to estimate the dynamic prevalence of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity and the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) among Chinese adults.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7633-0

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2019

Journal Title

BMC Public Health

Author(s)

Chen, Yongjie
Peng, Qin
Yang, Yu
Zheng, Senshuang
Wang, Yuan
Lu, Wenli

PMCID

PMC6794823