Table 3.

Percentage of children overweight and obese using IOTF criteria by age and gender in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland
	Male			Female
Age (Yrs)	N	% Overweight (incl. obese)	% Obese	N	% Overweight (incl. obese)	% Obese
4	630	26	7	722	29	7
5	2474	22	5	2278	29	7
6	224	18	5	152	29	7
7	338	20	7	451	30	11
8	1372	24	7	1327	30	8
9	152	22	9	85	31	9
11	327	27	6	438	29	8
12	1325	25	6	1381	25	6
13	206	20	4	154	32	5
14	608	22	6	708	27	7
15	1051	22	5	935	22	5
16	88	20	5	73	21	5
ROI	8795	23	6	8704	28	7
Northern Ireland
	Male			Female
Age (Yrs)	N	% Overweight (incl. obese)	% Obese	N	% Overweight (incl. obese)	% Obese
4	50	28	4	54	22	0
5	356	22	5	365	28	7
8	131	18	1	119	23	13
11	47	23	4	57	33	9
12	115	23	6	122	27	7
14	108	26	7	86	14	1
15	198	25	6	231	23	6
NI	1005	23	5	1034	25	7