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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Mar;113(3):440–446. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.11.005

Table 2.

Trends in overweight and obesity among Ohio third-graders by school year, 2004–2010a

Year Overweight/Obese (≥85th percentile)b Obese (≥95th percentile)b Obese Level 2 (≥97th percentile)b
prevalence (%) (95% CI)
2004–2005 35.6 (33.9–37.3) (n = 5,120) 18.9 (17.4–20.3) (n = 2,754) 13.4 (12.3–14.6) (n = 1,899)
2006–2007 34.3 (31.3–37.3) (n = 399) 16.6 (14.2–19.4) (n = 202) 11.5 (9.5–13.7) (n = 138)
2007–2008 34.6 (30.3–38.9) (n = 444) 19.7 (16.7–22.7) (n = 248) 13.4 (10.7–16.7) (n = 169)
2008–2009 35.9 (32.5–39.5) (n = 475) 18.5 (15.5–21.5) (n = 246) 13.6 (11.3–16.2) (n = 184)
2009–2010 34.7 (32.9–36.5) (n = 5,466) 18.3 (16.7–20.2) (n = 2,898) 12.5 (11.2–13.8) (n = 1,987)
a

Total n by year was: 2004–2005, n = 14,501; 2006–2007, n = 1,201; 2007–2008, n = 1,251; 2008–2009, n = 1,357; 2009–2010, n = 15,698.

b

According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention body mass index–for-sex and -age calculation.