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Table 1 Obesity prevalence in 2010 and 2013, by group, sex, race and school quintile

From: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children in a developing country: NW-CHILD longitudinal data of 6–9-yr-old children in South Africa

 

Normal weight

Overweight

Obese

Overweight & obese

 

N

2010 % (n)

2013 % (n)

2010 % (n)

2013 % (n)

2010 % (n)

2013 % (n)

2010 % (n)

2013 % (n)

Group

574

87.3 (501)

83.3 (478)

8.2 (47)

9.4 (54)

4.5 (26)

7.3 (42)

12.7

16.7

Boys

282

89.4 (252)

85.1 (240)

6.7 (19)

7.8 (22)

3.9 (11)

7.1 (20)

10.6

14.89

Girls

292

85.3 (249)

81.5 (238)

9.6 (28)

11.0 (32)

5.1 (15)

7.5 (22)

14.7

18.5

White

143

79.8 (114)

72.7 (104)

13.3 (19)

16.1 (23)

6.99 (10)

11.2 (16)

20.3

27.3

Black

407

89.7 (365)

86.7 (353)

6.6 (27)

7.6 (31)

3.7 (15)

5.7 (23)

10.3

13.3

Quintile 1

120

90.8 (109)

90.0 (108)

5.8 (7)

6.7 (8)

3.3 (4)

3.3 (4)

9.2

10.0

Quintile 2

96

91.7 (88)

91.7 (88)

4.2 (4)

3.1 (3)

4.2 (4)

5.2 (5)

8.3

8.5

Quintile 3

130

96.1 (125)

92.3 (120)

2.3 (3)

3.9 (5)

1.5 (2)

3.9 (5)

3.9

7.7

Quintile 4

108

80.6 (87)

74.1 (80)

11.1 (12)

11.1 (12)

8.3 (9)

14.8 (16)

19.4

25.9

 White

53

86.8 (46)

81.1 (43)

7.6 (4)

5.7 (3)

5.7 (3)

13.2 (7)

13.3

18.9

 Black

49

73.5 (36)

65.3 (5)

14.3 (7)

18.4 (9)

12.2 (6)

16.3 (8)

26.5

34.7

Quintile 5

120

76.7 (92)

68.3 (82)

17.5 (21)

21.7 (26)

5.8 (7)

10.0 (12)

23.3

31.7

 White

90

75.6 (68)

67.78 (61)

16.7 (15)

22.2 (20)

7.8 (7)

10.0 (9)

24.5

32.2

 Black

29

79.3 (23)

68.9 (20)

20.7 (6)

20.7 (6)

0 (0)

10.3 (3)

20.7

31.0

  1. Note- Q1–Q3 schools included only black children.