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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2010 Dec 1;47(6):604–607. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.04.017

Table 1.

Number and percent of students in BMI Percentile categories by sex and race/ethnicity

Boys Girls
BMI Percentile Hispanic N % Black N % White N % Other N % Total N % Hispanic N % Black N % White N % Other N % Total (N)
<85 [Normal Weight] 685 43.05 319 55 325 52.59 120 50.63 1449 921 51.54 336 49.78 351 60.31 166 56.27 1774
≥85-<95 [Overweight] 307 19.3 100 17.24 120 19.42 49 20.68 576 373 20.87 131 19.41 120 20.62 56 18.98 680
≥95-<99 [Obese] 468 29.42 120 20.69 137 22.17 49 20.68 774 379 21.21 149 22.07 87 14.95 56 18.98 671
≥99 [Severely Obese] 131 8.23 41 7.07 36 5.83 19 8.02 227 114 6.38 59 8.74 24 4.12 17 5.76 214
Total 1591 580 618 237 3026 1787 675 582 295 3339