Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity, Associated Behaviors, and Weight-related Perceptions in a National Survey of Primary School Children in China
单位：[1]School of Public Health, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China[2]Division of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Community Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control andPrevention, Beijing 102206, China[3]Population Wellbeing and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab), School of Healthand Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia[4]EarlyStart Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia[5]Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia[6]Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2522,Australia[7]Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院[8]National Institute ofEnvironmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100021, China
Objective To in vestigate potential gender differences in the odds of overweight/obese, weight-related perceptions, and behaviors among Chinese school children. Methods Height, weight, and a survey of weight-related perceptions and behaviors were measured in a nationally representative survey of 12,811 children in primary schools in China. Logistic regression analyses were used to assess gender differences, adjusting for confounders. Results Boys had higher odds of being overweight/obese compared to girls within both urban [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 2.30, 95% CI 2.00 to 2.65] and rural areas (OR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.55 to 2.20). Girls reported healthier diets (e.g., daily vegetables OR = 0.79, 95% CI 0.73 to 0.85) whereas boys consumed fried food (OR = 1.21, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.38) and sugar-sweetened drinks more often (OR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.34 to 1.65). Gender differences included higher odds of boys perceiving themselves as overweight if they had more highly educated mothers (OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.68), less educated fathers (OR = 0.79, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.99), and if they frequently consumed carbonated drinks (OR = 1.48, 95% CI 1.07 to 2.05). Conclusion Childhood obesity prevention in China should be gender-focused, particularly for boys who reported an unhealthier diet but were less likely to see they were fat, even though more boys were overweight or obese than girls.
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Young Scholar Scientific Research Foundation of China CDC [2010A205]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesFundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2017330014]; PUMC Youth Fund
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大类|3 区环境科学与生态学
小类|3 区环境科学3 区公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生
最新[2025]版：
大类|4 区医学
小类|4 区环境科学4 区公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生
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Q2ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESQ2PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
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Q2ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESQ2PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
第一作者单位：[1]School of Public Health, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Zhang Juan,Zhai Yi,Feng Xiao Qi,et al.Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity, Associated Behaviors, and Weight-related Perceptions in a National Survey of Primary School Children in China[J].BIOMEDICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES.2018,31(1):1-11.doi:10.3967/bes2018.001.
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Zhang Juan,Zhai Yi,Feng Xiao Qi,Li Wei Rong,Lyu Yue Bin...&Shi Xiao Ming.(2018).Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity, Associated Behaviors, and Weight-related Perceptions in a National Survey of Primary School Children in China.BIOMEDICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES,31,(1)
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Zhang Juan,et al."Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity, Associated Behaviors, and Weight-related Perceptions in a National Survey of Primary School Children in China".BIOMEDICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 31..1(2018):1-11
