Obesity

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New Indicator

Benchmark

This indicator is a health outcome instead of a health behavior. It is not possible to follow the same grading scheme as the other indicators. Grading is based on obesity reported from other countries and the consensus from research work group members and stakeholders.

Key Findings
  • 22.4% of boys and 14% of girls aged 6-18 years were overweight and obese in 2014.
  • 26.9% of children (7-12 years) and 14% of adolescents (13-19 years) were overweight and obese in 2011/2012.
  • Overweight and obesity prevalence were 25.8%, 24.6%, and 26.2% for a cohort of children in 2009/2010, 2010/2011, and 2011/2012, respectively.
  • % overweight (including obesity) at 11 years were 30.4% for boys and 17.2% for girls in 2009.
  • Obesity rate of children and adolescents aged 6-18 years was 5% in 2013/2014.

Reference
  • Kwok MK, Leung GM, Chung TWH, et al. Divergent secular trends in blood pressure and body mass index in children and adolescents in Hong Kong. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):4763.
  • Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Healthy Exercise for All Campaign - Physical Fitness Test for the Community. www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/sp380.jsp?productCode=FA100265. Published February 2013. Accessed 12 June 2018.
  • Wong SH, Huang WY, He G. Longitudinal changes in objectively measured physical activity differ for weekdays and weekends among Chinese children in Hong Kong. BMC Public Health. 2015;15(1):1310.
  • Schooling CM, Yau C, Cowling BJ, et al. Socio-economic disparities of childhood body mass index in a newly developed population: evidence from Hong Kong's ‘Children of 1997’birth cohort. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95(6):437-443.
  • Ip P, Ho FKW, Louie LHT, et al. Childhood obesity and physical activity-friendly school environments. J Pediatr. 2017;191:110-116.