Prevalence of adolescent obesity in Italy from 1975 to 2016, by gender
This statistic displays the prevalence of adolescent obesity* in Italy from 1975 to 2016, by gender. In 1975, 3.8 percent of male Italian adolescents were obese, compared to 2.7 percent of female adolescents. The obesity rate has increased for both male and female adolescents over the intervening years, with 11.5 percent of males and 8.1 percent of females classified as obese in 2016.