Secular trends in the prevalence of abdominal obesity among Chinese adults with normal weight, 1993–2015
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Xingxing Sun; Zhelong Liu; Tingting Du
- Source
- Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
- Subject
- Medicine
Science
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
Abstract A considerable chronic disease burden existed in people with normal body mass index (BMI), it is imperative to study the prevailing trends in abdominal obesity among Chinese people with normal BMI. Hence, we aimed to analyze updated prevalence data on abdominal obesity trends among Chinese adults with a normal BMI. We used data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) conducted between 1993 and 2015. Abdominal obesity is defined as waist circumference (WC) ≥ 90 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women following the International Diabetes Federation recommendations for Asians. Over the 23-year period, the age-standardized mean WC values showed a significant increasing trend among Chinese adults with BMI