Table 3

Nutrition and non-communicable disease risk factor profiles for children and adolescents by global region

Source data yearLatin America and CaribbeanEast Asia and the PacificSouth AsiaCentral and Eastern EuropeEast and Southern AfricaWest and Central AfricaMiddle East and North Africa
Nutrition status
Underweight, moderate and severe2009–20133532218237
Stunting, moderate and severe2009–201311123811393618
Wasting, moderate and severe (under 5 years)2009–2013141517118
Overweight, moderate and severe (under 5 years)2009–2013764165610
Overweight and obese, under 20 years (boys)20131711618101123
Overweight and obese, under 20 years (girls)201320101221141230
Obese, under 20 years (boys)20135437449
Obese, under 20 years (girls)201354364311
Behaviour risk
Current cigarette smokers 13–15 years (per 100 youth population) (boys)2008–201017105157710
Current cigarette smokers 13–15 years (per 100 youth population) (girls)2008–2010192210322
Current tobacco use 13–15 years (%) (boys)2008–20102031219201419
Current tobacco use 13–15 years (%) (girls)2008–201017165131568
Current alcohol drinkers 15–19 years (%) (boys)20105525969393514
Current alcohol drinkers 15–19 years (%) (girls)20103815449262211
  • Original data sources: (1) UNICEF global databases, 2015. Based on Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) and other nationally representative sources. (2) Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study.70 (3) †WHO, Global School-based Student Health Survey, 2015 (see http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/en/).