Mongolia - Child obesity

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5) in Mongolia was 9.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 12.60 in 2005, while its lowest value was 5.70 in 1999.

Definition: Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1999 5.70
2000 12.20
2004 6.00
2005 12.60
2010 9.80
2013 10.00
2016 10.40
2018 9.80

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) in Mongolia was 11.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 15.60 in 2005, while its lowest value was 6.20 in 2004.

Definition: Prevalence of overweight, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1999 8.30
2000 13.20
2004 6.20
2005 15.60
2010 11.90
2013 10.90
2016 13.10
2018 11.20

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5) in Mongolia was 10.50 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 14.20 in 2005, while its lowest value was 6.10 in 2004.

Definition: Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.

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Year Value
1999 7.00
2000 12.70
2004 6.10
2005 14.20
2010 10.90
2013 10.50
2016 11.70
2018 10.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition