Table 1: Percentage distribution of school-aged children and adolescents, by BMI-for-age category in 2013.
|
Age group, yr |
No. of children | Percentage (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasting | Normal weight | Overweight* | Obesity† | ||
| All children and adolescents | |||||
| 5-11 | 2649 | 2.6 (1.9 to 3.2) | 69.5 (67.7 to 71.2) | 18.1 (16.6 to 19.6) | 9.9 (8.7 to 11.0) |
| 12-19 | 2661 | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0) | 69.6 (67.8 to 71.4) | 18.0 (16.5 to 19.5) | 10.9 (9.7 to 12.1) |
| 5-19 | 5310 | 2.1 (1.7 to 2.4) | 69.5 (68.3 to 70.8) | 18.0 (17.0 to 19.1) | 10.4 (9.5 to 11.2) |
| Boys | |||||
| 5-11 | 1356 | 3.3 (2.3 to 4.3) | 65.7 (63.1 to 68.3) | 19.4 (17.3 to 21.5) | 11.6 (9.8 to 13.3) |
| 12-19 | 1201 | 1.8 (1.0 to 2.6) | 64.2 (61.4 to 66.9) | 20.8 (18.5 to 23.2) | 13.2 (11.2 to 15.1) |
| 5-19 | 2557 | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.3) | 65.0 (63.1 to 66.9) | 20.1 (18.5 to 21.6) | 12.3 (11.0 to 13.6) |
| Girls | |||||
| 5-11 | 1293 | 1.8 (1.0 to 2.5) | 73.4‡ (70.9 to 75.8) | 16.7 (14.6 to 18.8) | 8.1‡ (6.6 to 9.6) |
| 12-19 | 1460 | 1.3 (0.7 to 1.9) | 74.0‡ (71.8 to 76.3) | 15.7‡ (13.8 to 17.6) | 9.0‡ (7.5 to 10.5) |
| 5-19 | 2753 | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.0) | 73.7‡ (72.1 to 75.4) | 16.2‡ (14.8 to 17.6) | 8.6‡ (7.5 to 9.6) |
Note: BMI = Body Mass Index, CI = confidence interval.
*Cut-off > 85th percentile.
†Cut-off > 97th percentile.
‡Significantly different from boys within the same age group (p < 0.05).