Table 1.

Prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among primary school children aged 8–13 years in Dar es Salaam (N = 1781).

Prevalence	N	Underweight	Normal weight	Overweight	Obese
By age group
Age of 8–10 years	939	2.5%	64%	24%	9.5%
Age of 11–13 years	842	9.9%	78.6%	7.8%	3.9%
Prevalence by sex
Male	753	7.0%	76.0%	12.1%	4.9%
Female	1028	5.5%	67.8%	18.7%	8.0%
By type of school
Private	678	3.2%	63.3%	22.1%	11.4%
Public	1103	8.0%	76.2%	12.1%	3.8%
Total	1781	6.2%	71.3%	15.9%	6.7%