TY - JOUR T1 - Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends AU - Schienkiewitz, Anja AU - Brettschneider, Anna-Kristin AU - Damerow, Stefan AU - Schaffrath Rosario, Angelika AB - For some time, there have been indications that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany has stabilised at a high level. The second wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave 2, 2014-2017) once again provides nationwide measurements on height and weight of children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 years. The results are confirming this trend. The prevalence of overweight is 15.4% and 5.9% for obesity. There are no differences between girls and boys. Overweight and obesity prevalence increases with age. Children and adolescents with low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to be overweight and obese than those with high SES. Compared to the KiGGS baseline study (2003-2006), there was no further increase in overweight and obesity prevalence overall and in all age groups. KW - OVERWEIGHT KW - OBESITY KW - EXAMINATION SURVEY KW - HEALTH MONITORING KW - KIGGS KW - 610 Medizin und Gesundheit PY - 2018 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institutn JO - Journal of Health Monitoring VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 15 EP - 22 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.17886/RKI-GBE-2018-022 ER -