Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity in China: Results from a Cross‐Sectional Study of Nearly Half a Million Participants

• DOI: 10.1002/oby.22620
• Publication Date: 2019-09-24T10:24:22Z
• Authors: Linfeng Zhang; Zengwu Wang; Xin Wang; Zuo Chen; Lan Shao; Ye Tian; Ying Dong; Congyi Zheng; Suning Li; Manlu Zhu; Runlin Gao
• Keywords: Abdominal obesity; Cross-sectional study

Objective This study aimed to examine the latest prevalence of abdominal obesity in China based on nationally representative data. Methods A stratified, multistage, random sampling method was used obtain a sample residents aged ≥ 18 years from 31 provinces mainland October 2012 December 2015. Abdominal defined as waist circumference 90 cm for men and 85 women. Results The data 441,306 participants were analyzed. 29.1% (28.6% 29.6% women); number adults with estimated be 277.8 million (approximately 140.1 137.7 women). varied considerably among provinces. In general, higher northern, lower southern, western, eastern areas China. Besides regional disparities, greatly different population subgroups. Conclusions is highly prevalent Chinese adults. National provincial control prevention strategies should public health priorities To better obesity, underlying reasons disparities need addressed.