Table 2.
Percentage of Children in Each Body Mass Index Categorya, by Race, in Study of American Indian and White Elementary School Students in Oklahoma, 2005-2009
| Weight Status | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||
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| American Indian | White | American Indian | White | American Indian | White | American Indian | White | American Indian | White | |
| Underweight | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Healthy weight | 47.3 | 64.3 | 45.6 | 59.7 | 42.5 | 63.8 | 43.3 | 62.8 | 46.6 | 65.6 |
| Healthy weight or underweight | 47.5 | 67.3 | 45.8 | 61.4 | 43.1 | 65.6 | 43.5 | 64.8 | 46.8 | 66.2 |
| Overweight | 17.6 | 14.1 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 21.4 | 14.1 | 22.3 | 13.7 | 21.0 | 14.0 |
| Obese | 7.7 | 4.0 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Very obese | 27.2 | 14.6 | 27.0 | 18.8 | 26.9 | 12.9 | 28.2 | 14.4 | 25.5 | 12.1 |
| Overweight, obese, or very obese | 52.5 | 32.7 | 54.2 | 38.7 | 57.0 | 34.4 | 56.6 | 35.3 | 53.2 | 33.7 |
a
Determined by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2000 Growth Charts: underweight, <5th BMI percentile; healthy weight, ≥5th percentile and <85th percentile; overweight, ≥85th percentile and <95th percentile; obese, ≥95th percentile and <97th percentile; very obese, ≥97th percentile.