Research Article

Analysis of Current Status on a New Public Health Nutrition Service Pattern in China: A Nutrition Outpatient Clinic-Based Study

Table 1

Demographics of the patients attending the nutrition clinical center (n=1014).

DemographicsNo. (%) of patients

Sex
 Male483(47.6)
 Female531(52.4)
Age (years)
 0- <18281(27.7 )
 18-64669(66.0)
 ≥6564(6.3)
BMI categories
 Underweight222(21.9)
 Normal weight455(44.9)
 Overweight114(11.2)
 Obesity223(22.0)
Region
 Urban947(93.4)
 Rural67(6.6)
Education (years)
 0119(11.7)
 0-6121(11.9)
 7-12609(60.1)
 >12165(16.3)
Ethnic group (nationalities)
 Han989(97.5)
 Others25(2.5)

BMI, body mass index.