Objective To describe the epidemiological characteristics and relative factors of adults with overweight and obesity in Liaoning province.Methods With multi-stage randomized cluster sampling,8 120 cases were selected from the 540 families in seven urban and suburb districts of Liaoning province.data of overweight and obesity history and social- economic status for residents aged 18 yrs and over were investigated by face-to-face interview,weight and height of these subjects were measured.Result the overweight rate was 33.9%,the obesity rate was 13.7%.The prevalent rates of overweight and obesity were increased with the age and it was higher in city than in rural and in female than in male(all P