Epidemiological characteristics of childhood obesity in eastern China, 2017-2019

Xi-Yan Zhang; Wen-Yi Yang; Jie Yang; Yan Wang; Yao Xiang; Liu-Wei Gao; Feng-Yun Zhang; Yong-Lin Zhou

doi:10.1007/s12519-019-00298-4

Epidemiological characteristics of childhood obesity in eastern China, 2017-2019

World J Pediatr. 2019 Aug;15(4):412-414. doi: 10.1007/s12519-019-00298-4. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Authors

Xi-Yan Zhang^{1

2}, Wen-Yi Yang^{1

2

3}, Jie Yang^{1

2}, Yan Wang^{1

2}, Yao Xiang^{1

2}, Liu-Wei Gao^{1

2

3}, Feng-Yun Zhang^{1

2}, Yong-Lin Zhou^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Child and Adolescent Health Promotion, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 172 Jiangsu Road, Nanjing, 210009, China.
² Public Health Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China.
³ School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
⁴ Department of Child and Adolescent Health Promotion, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 172 Jiangsu Road, Nanjing, 210009, China. jsepipublic@sina.com.
⁵ Public Health Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China. jsepipublic@sina.com.

PMID: 31407142
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-019-00298-4

No abstract available

Keywords: Childhood obesity; Epidemiology; Jiangsu province; Risk factors.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anthropometry
Child
China / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Overweight / epidemiology
Pediatric Obesity / epidemiology*
Population Surveillance
Prevalence

Grants and funding

BE2015714/Demonstration project of comprehensive prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases