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Table 2 Overall and sex-specific number, proportions (n/%) children, age 10–17 years, classified as underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese in 2008 and 2018 from the Diagnoform program(n = 90 250)

From: French youth trends in prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight from 2008 to 2018

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

P for trend*

10–12 years

            

 Underweight

            

  Overall

646 (10.59)

218 (10.86)

495 (10.26)

542 (13.10)

349 (11.52)

278 (10.83)

395 (12.77)

208 (15.25)

384 (12.37)

741 (16.91)

351 (14.20)

 < 0.0001

  Boys

293 (9.29)

106 (9.80)

221 (8.64)

267 (11.22)

129 (8.41)

122 (9.36)

160 (10.30)

94 (13.54)

184 (11.16)

338 (15.06)

150 (11.99)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

353 (11.99)

112 (12.09)

274 (12.11)

275 (15.63)

220 (14.71)

156 (12.34)

235 (15.26)

114 (17.01)

200 (13.75)

403 (18.85)

201 (16.46)

 < 0.0001

 Healthy weight

  Overall

4072 (66.77)

1442 (71.81)

3345 (69.37)

2861 (69.14)

2093 (69.10)

1789 (69.69)

2173 (70.23)

971 (71.19)

2156 (69.46)

3032 (69.18)

1738 (70.30)

0.00921

  Boys

2161 (69.49)

779 (72.00)

1791 (69.99)

1684 (70.79)

1086 (70.84)

919 (70.53)

1127 (72.52)

501 (72.19)

1177 (71.38)

1559 (69.44)

908 (72.58)

0.0485

  Girls

1911 (64.91)

663 (71.61)

1554 (68.67)

1177 (66.91)

1007 (67.31)

870 (68.83)

1046 (67.92)

470 (70.15)

979 (67.29)

1473 (68.90)

830 (67.98)

0.06781

 Overweight

  Overall

1044 (17.11)

271 (13.50)

756 (15.68)

566 (13.68)

471 (15.55)

381 (14.84)

432 (13.96)

157 (11.51)

464 (14.95)

512 (11.68)

302 (12.22)

 < 0.0001

  Boys

531 (16.83)

153 (14.14)

423 (16.53)

332 (13.95)

259 (16.89)

205 (15.74)

218 (14.03)

77 (11.10)

240 (14.55)

289 (12.87)

149 (11.91)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

513 (17.43)

118 (12.74)

333 (14.71)

234 (13.30)

212 (14.17)

176 (13.92)

214 (13.90)

80 (11.94)

224 (15.39)

223 (10.43)

153 (12.53)

 < 0.0001

 Obese

  Overall

337 (5.53)

77 (3.83)

226 (4.69)

169 (4.08)

116 (3.83)

119 (4.64)

94 (3.04)

28 (2.05)

100 (3.22)

98 (2.23)

81 (3.28)

 < 0.0001

  Boys

170 (5.39)

44 (4.06)

124 (4.84)

96 (4.04)

59 (3.86)

57 (4.37)

49 (3.15)

22 (3.17)

48 (2.91)

59 (2.63)

44 (3.52)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

167 (5.67)

33 (3.56)

102 (4.51)

73 (4.14)

57 (3.81)

62 (4.91)

45 (2.62)

6 (0.90)

52 (3.57)

39 (1.82)

37 (3.03)

 < 0.0001

13–15 years

 Underweight

  Overall

222 (10.05)

170 (9.80)

417 (10.56)

569 (13.05)

605 (11.41)

375 (10.26)

648 (11.98)

341 (13.94)

401 (11.68)

260 (13.81)

179 (11.00)

0.0002

  Boys

103 (8.39)

91 (9.59)

188 (8.68)

295 (11.88)

232 (8.60)

186 (9.10)

253 (9.89)

132 (11.22)

180 (10.69)

121 (12.78)

79 (10.38)

0.003

  Girls

119 (12.13)

79 (10.05)

229 (12.85)

274 (14.60)

373 (14.32)

189 (11.72)

395 (15.20)

209 (16.46)

221 (12.63)

139 (14.85)

100 (11.55)

0.115

 Healthy weight

  Overall

1681 (76.13)

1302 (75.04)

2992 (58.04)

3218 (73.79)

3883 (73.22)

2654 (72.59)

3868 (75.00)

1874 (76.61)

2601 (75.76)

1373 (72.91)

1278 (78.55)

0.255

  Boys

928 (75.63)

702 (73.97)

1637 (75.54)

1823 (73.39)

1990 (73.76)

1467 (71.81)

1930 (75.42)

893 (75.93)

1264 (75.06)

679 (71.70)

590 (77.53)

0.255

  Girls

753 (76.76)

600 (76.34)

1355 (76.05)

1395 (74.32)

1893 (72.67)

1187 (73.59)

1938 (74.60)

981 (77.25)

1337 (76.44)

694 (74.15)

688 (79.45)

0.217

 Overweight

  Overall

243 (11.01)

200 (11.53)

453 (11.47)

467 (10.71)

659 (12.43)

482 (13.18)

523 (10.13)

199 (8.14)

341 (9.93)

195 (10.36)

141 (8.67)

0.011

  Boys

158 (12.88)

115 (12.12)

287 (13.24)

292 (11.75)

377 (13.97)

301 (14.73)

299 (11.68)

131 (11.15)

190 (11.28)

112 (11.82)

74 (9.72)

0.011

  Girls

85 (8.66)

85 (10.81)

166 (9.31)

175 (9.32)

282 (10.82)

181 (11.22)

224 (8.62)

68 (5.35)

151 (8.63)

83 (8.87)

67 (7.73)

0.003

 Obese

  Overall

62 (2.81)

63 (3.63)

87 (2.20)

107 (2.45)

156 (2.94)

145 (3.97)

118 (2.29)

32 (1.31)

90 (2.62)

55 (2.92)

29 (1.78)

0.037

  Boys

38 (3.10)

41 (4.32)

55 (2.54)

74 (2.98)

99 (3.67)

89 (4.36)

77 (3.01)

20 (1.70)

50 (2.97)

35 (3.70)

18 (2.37)

0.344

  Girls

24 (2.45)

22 (2.80)

32 (1.80)

33 (1.76)

57 (2.19)

56 (3.47)

41 (1.58)

12 (0.95)

40 (2.29)

20 (2.13)

11 (1.27)

0.104

16–17 years

 Underweight

  Overall

253 (12.09)

62 (9.71)

189 (9.95)

168 (13.35)

154 (11.93)

158 (10.25)

292 (14.43)

233 (14.06)

308 (11.41)

127 (17.30)

184 (11.67)

0.015

  Boys

108 (8.73)

28 (7.14)

81 (7.22)

68 (9.71)

53 (8.07)

79 (8.69)

125 (11.53)

93 (11.33)

138 (9.79)

84 (18.54)

92 (10.27)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

145 (16.96)

34 (13.76)

108 (13.88)

100 (17.92)

101 (15.93)

79 (12.50)

167 (17.78)

140 (16.75)

170 (13.17)

43 (15.30)

92 (13.52)

0.118

 Healthy weight

  Overall

1555 (74.33)

492 (76.99)

1481 (77.99)

924 (73.45)

954 (73.90)

1156 (75.02)

1501 (74.21)

1236 (74.59)

2002 (74.12)

499 (67.98)

1158 (73.43)

0.003

  Boys

924 (74.70)

313 (79.85)

887 (79.13)

539 (77.00)

500 (76.10)

684 (75.25)

799 (73.70)

629 (76.61)

1040 (73.76)

296 (65.35)

659 (73.55)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

631 (73.80)

179 (72.47)

594 (76.35)

385 (69.00)

454 (71.61)

472 (74.68)

702 (74.76)

607 (72.61)

962 (74.51)

203 (72.24)

499 (73.27)

0.9568

 Overweight

  Overall

217 (10.37)

67 (10.48)

191 (10.06)

140 (11.13)

146 (11.30)

172 (11.16)

183 (9.05)

157 (9.47)

310 (11.48)

92 (12.52)

180 (11.41)

0.215

  Boys

155 (12.53)

41 (10.46)

128 (11.42)

82 (11.71)

87 (13.24)

112 (12.32)

120 (11.07)

88 (10.72)

187 (13.26)

59 (13.02)

115 (12.83)

0.404

  Girls

62 (7.25)

26 (10.53)

63 (8.10)

58 (10.39)

59 (9.31)

60 (9.50)

63 (6.71)

69 (8.25)

123 (9.53)

33 (11.74)

65 (9.54)

0.179

 Obese

  Overall

67 (3.21)

18 (2.82)

38 (2.00)

26 (2.07)

37 (2.87)

55 (3.57)

47 (2.32)

31 (1.87)

81 (2.99)

16 (2.18)

55 (3.49)

0.612

  Boys

50 (4.04)

10 (2.55)

25 (2.23)

11 (1.57)

17 (2.59)

34 (3.74)

40 (3.69)

11 (1.34)

45 (3.19)

14 (3.09)

30 (3.35)

0.951

  Girls

17 (1.99)

8 (3.24)

13 (1.67)

15 (2.69)

20 (3.15)

21 (3.32)

7 (0.75)

20 (2.39)

36 (2.79)

2 (0.71)

25 (3.67)

0.301

Total

 Underweight

  Overall

1121 (10.78)

450 (10.26)

1101 (10.32)

1279 (13.11)

1108 (11.52)

811 (10.45)

1335 (12.99)

782 (14.30)

1093 (11.83)

1128 (16.11)

714 (12.58)

 < 0.0001

  Boys

504 (8.97)

225 (9.28)

490 (8.38)

630 (11.32)

414 (8.47)

387 (9.10)

538 (10.35)

319 (11.85)

502 (10.58)

543 (14.89)

321 (11.04)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

617 (12.91)

225 (11.48)

611 (12.67)

649 (15.47)

694 (14.66)

424 (12.08)

797 (15.70)

463 (16.68)

591 (13.15)

585 (17.44)

393 (14.20)

 < 0.0001

 Healthy weight

  Overall

7308 (70.28)

3236 (73.80)

7818 (73.27)

7003 (71.77)

6930 (72.01)

5599 (72.11)

7542 (73.41)

4081 (74.65)

6759 (73.16)

4904 (70.07)

4174 (73.54)

0.018

  Boys

4013 (71.42)

1794 (74.04)

4315 (73.80)

4046 (72.74)

3576 (73.16)

3070 (72.15)

3856 (74.97)

2023 (75.18)

3481 (73.39)

2534 (69.53)

2157 (74.16)

0.686

  Girls

3295 (68.93)

1442 (73.61)

3503 (72.63)

2957 (70.52)

3354 (70.83)

2529 (72.07)

3686 (72.60)

2058 (74.13)

3278 (72.93)

2370 (70.64)

2017 (72.86)

0.001

 Overweight

  Overall

1504 (14.46)

538 (12.27)

1400 (13.12)

1173 (12.02)

1276 (13.26)

1035 (13.33)

1138 (11.08)

513 (9.38)

1115 (12.07)

799 (11.41)

623 (10.98)

 < 0.0001

  Boys

844 (15.02)

309 (12.75)

838 (14.33)

706 (12.69)

723 (14.79)

618 (14.52)

637 (12.27)

296 (11.00)

617 (13.00)

460 (12.62)

338 (11.62)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

660 (13.81)

229 (11.69)

562 (11.65)

467 (11.13)

553 (11.68)

417 (11.88)

501 (9.87)

217 (7.82)

498 (11.08)

339 (10.10)

285 (10.30)

 < 0.0001

 Obese

  Overall

466 (4.48)

158 (3.60)

351 (3.29)

302 (3.09)

309 (3.21)

319 (4.11)

259 (2.52)

91 (1.66)

271 (2.93)

169 (2.41)

165 (2.91)

 < 0.0001

  Boys

258 (4.59)

95 (3.92)

204 (3.49)

181 (3.25)

175 (3.58)

180 (4.23)

166 (3.19)

53 (1.97)

143 (3.01)

108 (2.96)

92 (3.16)

 < 0.0001

  Girls

208 (4.35)

63 (3.22)

147 (3.05)

121 (2.88)

134 (2.83)

139 (3.96)

93 (1.84)

38 (1.37)

128 (2.84)

61 (1.82)

73 (2.64)

 < 0.0001

  1. *Cochran–Armitage trend test. Significant P values are indicated in bold font