The Nutrition Transition and the UnderweightOverweight Household in China

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The Nutrition Transition and the
Underweight/Overweight Household in China

• Colleen Doak
• Department of Nutrition,
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
• Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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Nutrition Transition Underweight Decreases as
Overweight Increases
Overweight and obesity
Underweight and under-nutrition
Nutrition Transition
(Carlos Monteiro)
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Methods International Obesity Task Force BMI
Reference for Chinese Children 2-18 years old

• Overweight 83 Sensitivity 99 Specificity
  compared to Must BMI reference, 85th percentile
• Underweight 99 Sensitivity 98 Specificity
  compared to Must BMI reference, 5th percentile
• IOTF is based on the BMI percentile equivalent to
  adult BMI values for over and underweight

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Methods Household Types

Over
Under
Normal
Under/Over
X
X
X
8.3
27.6
Underweight
X
X
Overweight
X
X
26.4
Normal Weight
X
37.6
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Under/Over Households Differed from Underweight
and Normal Weight Households by Urban Residence,
Income, and Assets
Comparing under/over with the other household
types, logistic results significant at .005 level
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Under/Over Households Differed from Underweight
and Normal Weight Households by Diet
Comparing under/over with the other household
types, logistic results significant at .05 level
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Methods Main Pair Combinations
Underweight
Overweight
Percent

• Child 2-10 yrs
• Adolescent 10-18 yrs
• Adult 18-40 yrs
• Adult 18-40 yrs

• Adult 18-40 yrs
• Adult 40-60 yrs
• Child 2-10 yrs
• Adult 40-60 yrs

14 23 8 17
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Main Pair Combinations Showed Few Significant
Differences from Other Under/Over Households
Comparing under/over types with each other,
logistic results significant at .05 level