In 2019, almost 20 percent of children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy with at least one obese parent were also themselves obese. This percentage lowered to 3.6 percent in the case both parents had normal weight or were underweight. This statistic shows the percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by the weight status of the parents.
Percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by the weight status of the parents
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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Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (February 3, 2022). Percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by the weight status of the parents [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357794/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-parents-weight-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by the weight status of the parents." Chart. February 3, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357794/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-parents-weight-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (2022). Percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by the weight status of the parents. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357794/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-parents-weight-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Percentage of Obese and Overweight Children Aged 8 and 9 Years in Italy in 2019, by The Weight Status of The Parents." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357794/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-parents-weight-italy/
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by the weight status of the parents Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357794/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-parents-weight-italy/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Percentage of obese and overweight children aged 8 and 9 years in Italy in 2019, by the weight status of the parents [Graph], Istituto Superiore di Sanità, February 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357794/prevalence-of-obese-and-overweight-children-by-parents-weight-italy/
