In 1994 Chu Nien-feng surveyed the incidence of obesity in junior high school students in Taipei City. He found that since 1980, the it had risen from 12 % to 16 % among boys, and from 10 % to 11 % among girls.
一九九四年，祝年豐曾針對台北市國中學童進行肥胖和高血脂盛行率調查，結果發現自一九八○年以來，台灣地區國中學童肥胖盛行率，男生由百分之十二增加到百分之十六，女生由百分之十微幅上升到百分之十一。