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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Obes. 2009;4(4):353–359. doi: 10.3109/17477160902934777

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of children and adolescents 2 to 15 years of age in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, cycles 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06 (Means ± SE).

Total Boys Girls
N 8707 4413 4294
Ethnicity (%)
 European American 59.4 59.9 59.0
 African American 14.7 14.7 14.8
 Mexican American 13.2 13.3 13.1
Survey year (%)
 2001–02 31.1 31.7 30.5
 2003–04 34.1 34.1 34.2
 2005–06 34.8 34.3 35.4
Age (y) 8.6 ± 0.1 8.6 ± 0.1 8.5 ± 0.1
BMI (kg/m2) 19.0 ± 0.1 18.9 ± 0.1 19.0 ± 0.1
IOTF BMI classifications (%)
 Normal weight 70.4 ± 1.1 71.1 ± 1.2 69.7 ± 1.2
 Overweight 18.1 ± 0.7 18.0 ± 0.9 18.3 ± 0.8
 Obese 11.5 ± 0.6 10.9 ± 0.7 12.1 ± 0.8

IOTF = International Obesity Task Force body mass index cutpoints (27).

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