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. 2012 Oct 15;11:85. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-85

Table 1.

Cutoff points for body mass index for underweight, overweight and obesity by sex and age[14,19]applied to sample

 
Underweight
Overweight
Obesity
Age (yrs) males females males females males females
8.0
14.15
14.02
18.44
18.35
21.60
21.57
8.5
14.24
14.14
18.76
18.69
22.17
22.18
9.0
14.35
14.28
19.10
19.07
22.77
22.81
9.5 14.49 14.43 19.46 19.45 23.39 23.46