Abstract: Objective: To analyze the status of overweight and obesity with urban and rural residents and explores the characteristics of overweight and obesity in gender, age and regional type. Methods: Analyzed the data regarding age, gender, regional type, height, weight, BMI, waist circumference (WC), hipline, waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-height ratio (WHtR) of 107 330 residents aged 20-69 from the National Physical Fitness Surveillance Stations in 22 provinces in 2014. Results: (1)The average BMI in the samples was 23.83±3.33kg/m² with males being 24.40±3.26kg/m² and females being 23.24±3.30kg/m² respectively; the total overweight rate in the sampled population was 34.26% with males being 39.91% and females 28.42% respectively, and 34.03% being in urban areas and 34.70% in rural areas; the total obesity rate was 10.98 with males’ being 13.29％and females’ 8.59% respectively, 10.19% being in urban areas and 12.47% in rural areas. (2) Males’ average WC, WHR and WHtR was 85.88cm, 0.904, 0.507 respectively, and females’ was 78.81cm, 0.845, 0.498 accordingly. The total over-standard rate of WC, WHR and WHtR was 49.67%, 50.21% and 50.34% respectively, with males’ being 55.31%, 54.19%, 54.70% accordingly and females’ 43.86%, 46.11%, 45.84% accordingly. (3)The rate of overweight, obesity and central obesity increased with age, and the rate in males was higher than that in females (P<0.01). (4) The average BMI and WC of urban males were higher than that of rural males (P<0.01). The average of rural males was higher than that of urban males (P<0.01). While the average weight, BMI, WC, WHR and WHtR of rural females were higher than that of urban females. Conclusion: (1) The total overweight and obesity rate in the sampled population aged 20-69 was 45.24%, and the central obesity rate over 50%, indicating that the morphological status of residents was easy to contract overweight, obesity and central obesity. (2)The rate of overweight, obesity and central obesity increased with age, with males’ being higher than females’. The rate in urban males was higher than that in rural males while the rate in rural females was higher than that in urban females.

Key words: Wrban and Rural Residents, Overweight, Obesity, BMI, Waist Circumference, Waist-hip Ratio, Waist-height Ratio, Central Obesity, Healthy China