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Review Article

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Table 3

Description of overweight and obesity prevalence (%) along with total data by sex from each regional study that was included in the review according to year of survey, study population, age range, and classification criteria used.


Continent	Country, region	Date of survey	Study population	Age (years)	Criteria	Overweight (%)			Obesity (%)			Reference
Continent	Country, region	Date of survey	Study population	Age (years)	Criteria	All	Boys	Girls	All	Boys	Girls	Reference

Africa	South Africa, Eastern Cape	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	13.3	4.3	21.1	4.0	2.0	5.6	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, Free State	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	11.6	8.1	15.1	4.7	3.7	5.7	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, Gauteng	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	12.7	10.0	15.4	9.7	8.4	11.0	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	20.1	8.6	31.5	5.4	3.4	7.3	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, Limpopo	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	10.7	6.2	15.1	2.8	1.0	4.5	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, Mpumalanga	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	15.5	10.0	21.1	6.1	2.3	9.9	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, Northern Cape	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	12.9	7.3	18.3	5.0	4.4	5.6	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, North West	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	11.8	7.0	16.7	3.9	2.2	5.7	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]
	South Africa, Western Cape	2008	2008 SA YRBS	13–19	IOTF¹	14.3	9.7	18.5	5.6	2.0	8.9	Reddy et al., 2010 [15]

America	USA, Alaska	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	19.8	22.7	16.7	14.1	14.6	13.7	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Alabama	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	18.2	17.6	18.9	17.9	24.4	10.9	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Arkansas	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	17.1	15.0	19.2	20.4	27.2	13.2	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Arizona	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	12.8	12.7	12.7	17.8	20.6	15.0	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, California	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.5	13.4	17.5	15.0	17.4	12.8	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Colorado	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	13.0	17.5	8.5	14.2	17.5	10.7	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Connecticut	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	13.2	14.7	11.7	12.5	14.8	10.2	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Washington, DC	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.2	11.6	18.7	20.2	22.2	18.2	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Delaware	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	19.9	22.0	17.8	13.3	12.2	14.4	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Florida	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.8	12.7	17.1	18.3	21.5	15.0	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Georgia	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	16.0	14.4	17.7	21.3	24.7	17.7	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Hawaii	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	17.3	17.5	17.1	11.2	15.0	7.1	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Iowa	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.3	14.8	15.9	11.2	11.3	11.0	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Idaho	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.7	14.4	17.2	11.8	16.4	6.8	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Illinois	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.2	12.1	16.4	20.7	25.0	16.3	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Indiana	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.2	11.5	19.3	14.7	17.4	11.7	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Kansas	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.9	16.0	13.7	16.2	16.2	16.3	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Kentucky	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	16.1	17.7	14.6	21.0	22.5	19.4	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Louisiana	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.2	15.5	14.9	20.7	23.1	18.1	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Massachusetts	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	16.7	18.2	15.4	13.3	16.1	10.5	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Maryland	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.2	19.1	11.1	13.6	17.0	9.9	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Maine	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.3	15.6	14.9	12.9	16.0	9.8	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Michigan	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	18.1	20.4	15.8	12.5	14.3	10.5	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Minnesota	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	12.0	12.1	11.8	11.1	14.3	7.6	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Missouri	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	17.4	16.9	17.8	13.6	15.5	11.6	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Mississippi	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	22.6	21.6	23.5	21.9	25.5	18.5	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Montana	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	13.8	15.0	12.5	11.8	16.6	6.6	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, North Carolina	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.9	13.9	16.0	18.6	19.3	17.9	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, North Dakota	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.3	16.9	11.6	11.4	15.7	7.0	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Nebraska	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.7	13.9	17.5	15.8	23.0	8.1	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, New Hampshire	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	16.6	17.1	16.2	12.8	16.3	8.8	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, New Jersey	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.6	17.3	13.8	15.4	18.6	11.7	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, New Mexico	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	16.7	15.3	18.1	16.0	20.4	11.4	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Nevada	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	19.0	21.9	16.0	15.2	19.4	10.8	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, New York	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.8	15.1	16.5	17.1	20.3	13.8	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Ohio	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.8	18.7	10.9	18.5	22.9	14.2	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Oklahoma	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	13.2	18.1	8.2	16.4	17.4	15.4	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Oregon	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.7	16.2	13.3	9.6	11.0	8.2	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Pennsylvania	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.7	15.5	13.7	15.0	21.0	8.4	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Rhode Island	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.7	15.5	16.0	14.4	18.2	10.5	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, South Carolina	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	18.5	20.8	15.9	15.3	18.4	12.0	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, South Dakota	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.2	17.3	13.0	13.2	16.0	10.2	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Tennessee	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.9	14.5	17.3	20.6	23.3	17.9	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Texas	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	11.8	11.0	12.6	20.4	20.6	20.2	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Utah	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	11.7	12.1	11.2	11.4	14.7	7.9	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Virginia	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.8	16.1	15.4	15.2	16.6	13.9	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Vermont	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	13.8	16.4	11.1	12.9	17.0	8.4	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Washington	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	18.4	21.9	14.7	11.1	14.7	7.3	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Wisconsin	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	14.8	17.3	12.2	13.1	15.6	10.5	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, West Virginia	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	16.6	16.9	16.4	18.9	21.8	15.7	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	USA, Wyoming	2007	2007 NSCH	10–17	CDC-2000²	15.5	16.6	14.2	10.2	14.1	5.5	Singh et al., 2010 [20]
	Brazil, Pernambuco State	2006	GSHS	14–19	IOTF¹	11.5	11.3	11.6	2.4	2.0	2.8	Tassitano et al., 2009 [40]

Asia	China, Hong Kong	2003-04	School-based survey	11–18	IOTF¹	7.1	9.6	4.9	2.8	3.9	1.8	Ko et al., 2008 [41]
	China, Hong Kong	2003-04	School-based survey	11–18	CDC-2000²	8.3	11.3	5.8	4.1	6.0	2.4	Ko et al., 2008 [41]
	India, Manipur	2005-06	School-based survey	12–19	IOTF¹	4.4	4.1	4.7	0.7	1.0	0.4	Bishwalata et al., 2010 [42]
	Jordan, Irbid Governorate	2007	School-based survey	13–16	CDC-2000²	15.7	11.8	18.9	8.7	12.3	5.8	Abu Baker and Daradkeh, 2010 [43]

Europe	Denmark, Greater Copenhagen area and 3 municipalities outside the Capital Region	2007–09	School-based survey	14–16	IOTF¹	14.0	15.2	12.9	11.2	14.1	8.2	Søren and Jo, 2010 [44]
	France, Aquitaine Region	2004-05	School-based survey	11–18	IOTF¹	11.7	13.3	10.1	1.9	2.4	1.4	Thibault et al., 2010 [45]
	Greece, Crete	2005-06	School-based survey	10–12	IOTF¹	28.0	30.0	27.0	13.0	15.0	10.0	Manios et al., 2011 [46]
	Hungary, Szeged and Szolnok regions	2005-06	School-based survey	11–16	IOTF¹	16.8	17.9	15.7	6.6	7.9	5.2	Baráth et al., 2010 [47]
	Italy, North-West	2002	HBSC Study	11, 13, 16	IOTF¹	—	18.3	7.1	—	2.5	1.1	Vieno et al., 2005 [34]
	Italy, North-East	2002	HBSC Study	11, 13, 16	IOTF¹	—	16.5	11.7	—	0.8	1.5	Vieno et al., 2005 [34]
	Italy, Center	2002	HBSC Study	11, 13, 16	IOTF¹	—	20.7	11.2	—	3.9	2.5	Vieno et al., 2005 [34]
	Italy, South	2002	HBSC Study	11, 13, 16	IOTF¹	—	25.7	15.7	—	4.4	0.9	Vieno et al., 2005 [34]
	Italy, Islands	2002	HBSC Study	11, 13, 16	IOTF¹	—	31.3	10.4	—	7.6	0.8	Vieno et al., 2005 [34]
	Italy, Sardinia	1999–2001	School-based survey	11–15	IOTF1	14.9	15.4	14.6	3.7	5.1	3.2	Velluzzi et al., 2007 [48]
	Italy, Sicily	1999–2001	Public school-based survey	11–15	CDC-2000²	18.3	18.8	17.8	11.8	15.1	8.5	Baratta et al., 2006 [49]
	Poland, Kujawsko-Pomorskie	2005	School based survey	13–15	IOTF¹	10.7	12.0	9.5	1.4	1.6	1.3	Jodkowska et al., 2010 [50]
	Poland, Lubuskie	2005	School based survey	13–15	IOTF¹	11.1	12.2	10.1	3.0	2.5	3.5	Jodkowska et al., 2010 [50]
	Poland, Malapolskie	2005	School based survey	13–15	IOTF¹	12.7	12.8	12.6	1.6	1.9	1.3	Jodkowska et al., 2010 [50]
	Poland, Podlaskie	2005	School based survey	13–15	IOTF¹	13.9	14.5	13.3	2.8	3.1	2.6	Jodkowska et al., 2010 [50]
	Poland, Pomorskie	2005	School based survey	13–15	IOTF¹	13.7	13.4	13.9	2.1	2.0	2.2	Jodkowska et al., 2010 [50]
	Spain, Balearic Islands	2007-08	School-based survey	12–17	WHO-2007³	17.5	19.9	15.5	10.4	12.7	8.5	Bibiloni et al., 2010 [51]
	Spain, Grand Canary	2004-05	School-based survey	12–14	IOTF¹	21.6	21.0	22.2	7.5	7.8	7.2	Henríquez Sánchez et al., 2008 [52]
	Switzerland, Canton of Vaud	2005-06	Public school-based survey	10–14	IOTF¹	12.0	13.2	10.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	Lasserre et al., 2007 [53]
	Switzerland, Canton of Vaud	2005-06	Public school-based survey	10–14	CDC-2000²	10.7	11.9	9.4	3.6	4.2	3.0	Lasserre et al., 2007 [53]
	Turkey, Edirne Province	2001	Two school-based surveys	12–17	IOTF¹	10.9	11.3	10.6	1.9	1.6	2.1	Öner et al., 2004 [54]

Overweight and obesity, all adolescents with BMI-for-age ≥25 kg/m² and <30 kg/m² and ≥30 kg/m², respectively, according to the IOTF [6].
²Overweight and obesity, all adolescents with BMI-for-age ≥P85th and <P95th and ≥P95th, respectively, according to the CDC [5].
³Overweight and obesity, all adolescents with BMI-for-age ≥P85th and <P95th and ≥P97th, respectively, according to the WHO [7].
IOTF: International Obesity Task Force; CDC: Center for Disease Control and Prevention; WHO: World Health Organization; 2008 SA YRBS: 2008 South African National Youth Risk Behaviour; 2007 NSCH: National Survey of Children’s Health; GSHS: Global School Based Student Health Survey; HBSC: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children.