Lee Albert, Ho Mandy M, Keung Vera M W
School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , People's Republic of China.
Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Jun;6(2-2):e252-6. doi: 10.3109/17477166.2011.575150. Epub 2011 Jun 7.
Childhood obesity prevalence amongst children is rising virtually in all countries with rapid acceleration in major cities in China. A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 2,015 primary and secondary students in Macao to investigate the nutritional status and analyzed for the relationship of overweight and other cardio-metabolic risk factors. Subjects were randomly selected in proportion to the gender and age of the population. A total of 26.4% of boys and 13.9% of girls were overweight or obese with the highest prevalence around 40% among boys aged 9-12 and girls aged 10 and 11. Some 18.1% of boys and 20.4% of girls were found to have borderline LDL levels; a further 9.3% and 10.4% were found to have high-risk, respectively. For those students with overweight and obesity, a significant higher proportion of them had cardio-metabolic risk factors. Based on this evidence, there is a concern that obesity and its associated co-morbidity could reach epidemic proportions in the 'less industrialized' cities of China.
几乎在所有国家，儿童肥胖患病率都在上升，在中国的主要城市中增速迅猛。一项横断面研究对澳门2015名中小学生进行，以调查营养状况，并分析超重与其他心血管代谢风险因素之间的关系。研究对象按人口的性别和年龄比例随机选取。共有26.4%的男孩和13.9%的女孩超重或肥胖，9至12岁男孩和10至11岁女孩的患病率最高，约为40%。约18.1%的男孩和20.4%的女孩低密度脂蛋白水平处于临界值；另有9.3%和10.4%分别处于高危水平。对于那些超重和肥胖的学生，他们患心血管代谢风险因素的比例显著更高。基于这一证据，人们担心肥胖及其相关合并症在中国“工业化程度较低”的城市可能会达到流行程度。
