Lifestyle Behaviors and Overweight/Obesity Associations in Shenzhen, China

A 2026 cross-sectional survey of 1,429 adults in Shenzhen's Longhua District collected socio-demographic, lifestyle, and disease-related data. The prevalence of overweight/obesity was 46.5%, and multivariable logistic regression identified associations with spicy food consumption and nap duration. The dataset was authored by Shaojuan Zhao and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identifying lifestyle risk factors for overweight/obesity based on socio-demographic and behavioral variables.
• Training logistic regression models for obesity prediction based on BMI and lifestyle features.
• Conducting subgroup analyses to examine moderating effects of sex and marital status.
• Investigating the association between nap duration and weight status in adult populations.

Strengths

• Includes 1,429 participant records, providing a substantial sample size.
• Contains specific prevalence figures (46.5%) and adjusted odds ratios (e.g., aOR=0.76) for identified associations.
• Data collection includes socio-demographic, lifestyle, and disease-related characteristics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single district in Shenzhen.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Population-based cross-sectional survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 04:11:20; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Longhua District, Shenzhen, China