Number of overweight children below the age of five in China 2012-2022
sharp decline in the birth rate in the country, while the prevalence of being overweight in China continued to rise, thanks to an increasingly unhealthy dietary structure and a less active urban lifestyle.
In 2022, around six million Chinese children under the age of five were overweight, representing a slight decrease from a decade ago. However, this drop in absolute numbers was the result of the