Trends in childhood body mass index between 1936 and 2011 showed that underweight remained more common than obesity among 398 970 Danish school children.
Julie AarestrupDorthe C PedersenLise G BjerregaardJennifer L BakerKatja Biering Leth-MøllerRikke Kart JacobsenWilliam JohnsonJennifer Lyn BakerPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2023)
Among Danish schoolchildren, the prevalence of underweight was greater than overweight until the 1980s and greater than obesity throughout the period. Thus, monitoring the prevalence of childhood underweight remains an important public health issue.