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. 2018 Mar 15;3(1):15-22.
doi: 10.17886/RKI-GBE-2018-022.2. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends

Anja Schienkiewitz  1 , Anna-Kristin Brettschneider  1 , Stefan Damerow  1 , Angelika Schaffrath Rosario  1
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Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends

Anja Schienkiewitz et al. J Health Monit. .

Abstract

For some time, there have been indications that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany has stabilised at a high level. The second wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave 2, 2014-2017) once again provides nationwide measurements on height and weight of children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 years. The results are confirming this trend. The prevalence of overweight is 15.4% and 5.9% for obesity. There are no differences between girls and boys. Overweight and obesity prevalence increases with age. Children and adolescents with low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to be overweight and obese than those with high SES. Compared to the KiGGS baseline study (2003-2006), there was no further increase in overweight and obesity prevalence overall and in all age groups.

Keywords: EXAMINATION SURVEY; HEALTH MONITORING; KIGGS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Trend for overweight prevalence (>90th percentile, including obesity) by age group (KiGGS baseline study n=7,215 girls, n=7,531 boys, KiGGS Wave 2 n=1,799 girls, n=1,762 boys) Source: KiGGS baseline study (2003-2006), KiGGS Wave 2 (2014-2017)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Trend for obesity prevalence (>97th percentile) by age group (KiGGS baseline study n=7,215 girls, n=7,531 boys, KiGGS Wave 2 n=1,799 girls, n=1,762 boys)) Source: KiGGS baseline study (2003-2006), KiGGS Wave 2 (2014-2017)
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  • J Health Monit. 3:15-22.

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