The Emerging Epidemic of Obesity, Diabetes, and the Metabolic Syndrome in China

Table 1

Obesity trends 1992–2002 [4].

Classification BMI Kg/m^2	Prevalence (%)		Percent change 1992–2002	Estimated number of overweight & obese chinese*
	1992	2002
Overweight 24.0–27.9	16.4	22.8	39.0%	305,748,000
Obese > 28.0	3.6	7.1	97.2%	95,211,000

Adapted from [5].
*Based on a population statistics reported by the Chinese Bureau of Statistics, 2011.