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. 2016 Apr 19;35:11. doi: 10.1186/s41043-016-0050-4

Table 1.

Energy intake in the studied preschool children according to the percentile categories for BMI

Percentile categories for BMI Energy intake (kJ) [Energy intake (kcal)] Population
Mean SD Median SE % n
Below the 5th percentile (underweight) 2004 676 1758 302 3.9 5
[478] [161] [419] [72]
5th–84th percentile (healthy weight) 2878 695 2929 72 72.6 93
[687] [166] [700] [17]
85th–94th percentile (overweight) 3020 709 3116 148 18.0 23
[721] [169] [743] [35]
95th percentile and above (obesity) 3388 789 2950 298 5.5 7
[809] [189] [705] [71]