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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(5):597-605. Published online May 31, 1989.

The Precalence and Trend of Obesity in Children and Adolescents.

Kyu Bum Cho¹, Soon Bok Park¹, Sang Chul Park¹, Dong Hwan Lee¹, Sang Jhoo Lee¹, Sung Jae Suh²

¹Department 01 Pediatrics, College 01 Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea
²Seoul School Health Center ,

Received: September 22, 1988;  Accepted: November 17, 1988.

Abstract

The pose of this study is to survey the prevalence and trend of obesity at ages 6 to 11 in Seoul from 1984 to 1988. The number of children and adolescents comprised of 5,391 boys and 5,289 girls. Overweight was defined as weight that exceeded the standard weight for height and sex by more than 20% (relaive weight > 120%). The result was as follows: 1) The trend in obesity The prevalence rate of boys was rising over the years with a rate of 15.35% in 1988 compared to that in 1984 (9.03%), p
Keywords :Prevalence, Trend, Obesity