Table 1.
Sample sizes of Chinese college students aged 19-21 years from 1985 to 2019.
Table 2.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity by survey year, sex, age and region [n (%)].
Fig 1.
Prevalence odds ratios (PORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for overweight and obesity across years.
(A) female college students aged 19-22 years compared with male college students aged 19-22 years adjusted for age and region based on males as a reference; (B) rural college students aged 19-22 years compared with urban college students aged 19-22 years adjusted for sex and age based on urban college students as a reference; (C) college students aged 19-20 years compared with college students aged 21-22 years adjusted for sex and region based on college students aged 21-22 years as a reference. Red represents P < 0.05, and black represents P > 0.05.
Fig 2.
Prevalence of overweight and overweight from 1995 to 2019 and projections to 2030 by sex, region and age.
(A): overweight; (B): obesity. Overweight was defined as an individual's weight being 110% or more of the standard weight for height, and obesity was defined as weight being 120% or more. Overweight always includes obesity.