Prevalence of adolescent obesity in France

This statistic displays the prevalence of adolescent obesity* in France from 1975 to 2016, by gender. In 1975, the prevalence of obesity among French adolescents showed no gender differences. While the obesity rate has increased for both male and female adolescents over the intervening years, male adolescents in France were more likely to be obese than female adolescents as of 2016.

Prevalence of obesity* among adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old in France from 1975 to 2016, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
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Release date

September 2017

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Region

France

Survey time period

1975 to 2016

Age group

10-19 years

Supplementary notes

* Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old.

The sources adds that:
"A crude population measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), a person’s weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of his or her height (in metres). A person with a BMI of 30 or more is generally considered obese."

The source notes: "BMI > +2 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate)."

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