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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Hum Biol. 2009 Nov 14;8(1):100–110. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.11.001

Table 3.

Prevalence of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity and range of percentage body fat (% BF) among Toba and Wichí men and women.

Toba
Wichí
Women
Men
Women
Men
BMI % (n) BF range % (n) BF range % (n) BF range % (n) BF range
UW 3 (5) 19 – 32 1 (1) 6 2 (3) 11 – 28 1 (1) 6
NORM 39 (78) 14 – 43 62 (80) 11 – 24 48 (65) 10 – 36 50 (37) 9 – 30
OW 35 (71) 27 – 50 25 (33) 17 – 38 35 (47) 22 – 45 34 (25) 11 – 38
OB 23 (47) 37 – 50 12 (16) 24 – 38 15 (21) 33 – 45 15 (11) 26 – 36

UW: Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2), NORM: Normal weight (BMI = 18.5 – 24.9 kg/m2), OW: Overweight (BMI = 25.0 – 29.9 kg/m2), and OB: Obese (BMI > 30 kg/m2)