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 |