Key result
Abdominal obesity shows high prevalence among Chinese adults and varies significantly across demographic groups.
Population
Chinese residents aged 18 years and above
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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High prevalence with demographic disparities may inform targeted screening; hypothesis-generating for interventions without longitudinal data.
Abdominal obesity is highly prevalent among Chinese adults, with significant demographic and socioeconomic variations.
Zhai et al. (2017) studied this question. Abdominal obesity had a high prevalence among Chinese adults, with significant differences in waist circumference and obesity rates across age, sex, region, education, and income levels.
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