In 2023, 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, 19 percent of children in Italy were overweight and 9.8 percent obese. This statistic shows the percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2023, by region.
Percentage of obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2023, by region
Characteristic
Overweight
Obese
Campania
24.6%
18.6%
Molise
21.7%
16.1%
Calabria
22.3%
15.5%
Apulia
21.1%
14.8%
Basilicata
22.5%
14%
Abruzzo
21.6%
13.8%
Sicily
20.5%
13.3%
Italy
19%
9.8%
Lazio
19.7%
9.2%
Liguria
18.2%
9.1%
Marche
18.9%
8.3%
Umbria
18.4%
8.2%
Piedmont
16.9%
7.8%
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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, 2019, and 2023.
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (May 6, 2024). Percentage of obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2023, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357752/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-region-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Percentage of obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2023, by region." Chart. May 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357752/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-region-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (2024). Percentage of obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2023, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357752/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-region-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Percentage of Obese, and Overweight Children Aged 8 and 9 Years in Italy in 2023, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357752/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-region-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Percentage of obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2023, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357752/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-region-italy/ (last visited February 19, 2025)
Percentage of obese, and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2023, by region [Graph], Istituto Superiore di Sanità, May 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357752/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-region-italy/
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