Prevalence of severely obese, obese, and overweight children in Italy 2019, by region

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Juliette Gagliardi,

Jan 10, 2023

In 2019, Campania was the Italian region with the highest percentage of severely obese and obese children aged 8 and 9 years. During that year, on average, 20.4 percent of children in Italy were overweight, 6.9 percent obese, and 2.4 percent severely obese. This statistic shows the percentage of severely obese, obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by region.

Percentage of severely obese, obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by region

Characteristic	Overweight	Obese	Severely obese
Campania	25.4%	12.6%	6.1%
Calabria	26.4%	10.6%	5.1%
Apulia	21.6%	10.3%	4.8%
Sicily	22.6%	10.8%	3.1%
Basilicata	24.3%	8.4%	3.2%
Abruzzo	23.4%	8.8%	2.8%
Molise	21.1%	9.9%	3.4%
Lazio	21.7%	6.3%	2.8%
Umbria	23.2%	5.7%	1.4%
Marche	21.3%	6.6%	2.3%
Emilia Romagna	19.2%	5.6%	1.6%
Liguria	18.1%	6.6%	1.4%
Tuscany	19.2%	5.5%	1.1%
Friuli Venezia Giulia	19.1%	5%	1.7%
Piedmont	18.5%	5.3%	1.7%
Veneto	19%	5%	1.3%
Sardinia	18.2%	4.5%	1.9%
Lombardy	17.6%	4%	0.7%
Autonomous Province of Trento	16.9%	3%	1%
Autonomous Province of Bolzano	12.9%	2.6%	0.6%
Aosta Valley	11.3%	2.5%	0.2%
Italy	20.4%	6.9%	2.4%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

School year 2018/2019

Number of respondents

46,651 respondents

Age group

8 and 9 years

Supplementary notes

The surveillance system "OKkio alla SALUTE" aims to record the excess weight in children in Italy. Collection of data were done in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2019.

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