... young preschool -aged children to our knowledge Our study aims to determine the prevalence of obesity in Singapore Chinese preschoolers aged 6 72 months 32 Table Obesity and associated risk factors ... children aged 6 12 months, OR=0. 86, 95%CI: 0.37,2. 01 in children aged 1 3 years and OR =1. 31, 95%CI: 0.75,2.29 in children aged 3–5 years) 1. 3 .10 Limitations of the studies regarding risk factors The ... of the prevalence of obesity in preschool children was conducted in China in 2000 Liu et al (2007)54 found a prevalence of 7.4% of overweight and obesity in a large population of 262 ,738 preschool...