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Table 4 Trends in overweight and obesity prevalence by sex and age group for the study population, Lebanon 1997- 2009

From: Trends in overweight and obesity in Lebanon: evidence from two national cross-sectional surveys (1997 and 2009)

Children and Adolescents (6–19 years)

Overweight only (+1 < BMI z-score ≤ +2)

Obese (BMI z-score > +2)

Overweight & Obese (BMI z-score > +1)

 

1997%

2009%

% Av. Annual change

1997%

2009%

% Av. Annual change

1997%

2009%

% Av. Annual change

Children (6–9 years)

  Boys†

16.5

17.2

+0.4

11.3

19.5

+6.0

27.8

36.7

+2.7

  Girls†

15.2

23.9

+4.8

9.8

12.8

+2.6

25.0

36.7

+3.9

  Both sexes††

15.7

20.6

+2.6

10.3

16.1

4.7

26.0a

36.7 a

+3.4

Adolescents (10–19 years)

  Boys†

24.3

23.8

−0.2

9.7

14.9

+4.5

34.0

38.7

+1.2

  Girls†

20.5

19.2

−0.5

3.0

6.2

+8.9

23.5

25.4

+0.7

  Both sexes††

22.1

21.3

−0.3

5.9a

10.2 a

6.1

28.0

31.5

+1.0

Total

  Boys†

22.1

23.0

+0.3

10.2a

15.5 a

+4.3

32.3

38.5

+1.6

  Girls†

18.6

19.7

+0.5

5.4

6.9

+2.3

24.0

26.6

+0.9

  Both sexes††

20.0

21.2

+0.5

7.3a

10.9 a

+4.1

27.3

32.1

+1.5

Adults (≥20 years)

Adults (20–39 years)

  Men†

39.5

40.3

+0.2

11.9a

20.4 a

+6.0

51.4a

60.7 a

+1.5

  Women†

23.3

24.9

+0.6

8.1a

14.8 a

+6.9

31.4a

39.7 a

+2.2

  Both sexes††

30.2

32.0

+0.5

9.8 a

17.4 a

+6.5

40.0a

49.4 a

+2.0

Adults (40–59 years)

  Men†

52.8

45.8

−1.1

19.8a

34.7 a

+6.3

72.6a

80.5 a

+0.9

  Women†

44.0

40.3

−0.7

28.7a

36.6 a

+2.3

72.7

76.9

+0.5

  Both sexes††

47.8

42.7

−0.9

24.8a

35.7 a

+3.7

72.6a

78.4 a

+0.7

Adults (≥60 years)

  Men†

45.7

43.2

−0.5

15.5a

33.4 a

+9.6

61.2a

76.6 a

+2.1

  Women†

35.7

35.1

−0.1

38.4

49.3

+2.4

74.1a

84.4 a

+1.2

  Both sexes††

39.9

38.8

−0.2

28.7a

42.1 a

+3.9

68.6a

80.9 a

+1.5

Total

  Men†

44.4

42.6

−0.3

14.8a

27.4 a

+7.1

59.2a

70.0 a

+1.5

  Women†

31.4

32.1

+0.2

19.3a

28.8 a

+4.1

50.7a

60.9 a

+1.7

  Both sexes††

37.0

36.8

0.0

17.4a

28.2 a

+5.2

54.4a

65.0 a

+1.6

  1. a Values with the same superscripts are significantly different between the two surveys at p < 0.05.