Childhood Obesity Prevalence and Risks in Beijing

Objective To detect the childhood obesity prevalence condition and risk-facts in the big city, which will supply the baseline for obesity early prevention and intervention in the childhood. Methods leveled sampling survey, testing the weigh and the height of ten-thousand children with 6 to 8, investigating the parents questionnaire on risks of the children obesity. Results Overweigh and obesity in childhood are 12.5% and 15.4% respectively. Obesity in the boys is more than in the girls, which is increased by ages. The mild and middle obey is above eighty percent. The major facts related children obesity are: eating behavior of children, parents obesity, higher birth weight, early feeding on babies, movement, the parents′ lecture level, their knowledge on the living model and other negative facts in the family and surrounding. Conclusion Childhood obesity has great increased quickly in big cities for last 5 years. Intervention and prevention in children has interesting and instruction on juvenile and adult obesity, and other relative diseases.