Prevalence of adolescent obesity in Poland 2016

This statistic displays the prevalence of adolescent obesity* in Poland from 1975 to 2016, by gender. Over this period of time, the prevalence of obesity in Polish adolescents has increased for both genders. The obesity rate of female adolescents has climbed from 0.3 percent in 1975 to 3.8 percent in 2016, while it has increased from 0.7 percent to 10.4 percent among male adolescents.

Prevalence of adolescent obesity* in Poland from 1975 to 2016, by gender

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Release date

September 2017

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Region

Poland

Survey time period

1975 to 2016

Age group

10-19 years

Supplementary notes

* Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old. The sources writes 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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