Table 2.

Prevalence of nutritional status by level of food insecurity

Nutritional status	Food security			Mild			Moderate			Severe
	n (thousands)	%	95% CI	n (thousands)	%	95% CI	n (thousands)	%	95% CI	n (thousands)	%	95% CI
				FI in preschool-age children
Underweight	8.3	1.1	0.6 to 2.1	40.6	3.0	2.3 to 4.1	18.8	3.1	2.2 to 4.6	15.8	4.7	2.7 to 8.1
Stunting	77.6	10.7	8.6† to 13.2	175.4	13.2	11.4 to 15.4	96.2	16.2	13.1 to 19.8	56.0	16.8	12.8 to 21.6
Wasting	15.8	2.2	1.1 to 4.1	23.1	1.7	1.0‡ to 2.8	11.1	1.9	0.1‡ to 3.1	12.5	3.7	0.0* to 6.9
Overweight	75.9	11.0	8.8 to 13.5	120.7	9.7	8.2 to 11.5	47.6	8.3	6.1 to 11.2	31.5	9.6	6.8 to 13.3
				FI in schoolers
Stunting	48.4	4.4	3.3 to 5.8	128.7	6.4	5.4 to 7.4	75.8	8.0	6.3 to 10.3	64.2	10 to 10.1	7.9 to 12.7
Overweight	250.4	23.0	20.4 to 25.7	377.2	18.9	7.21 to 20.8	161.3	17.4	15.1 to 19.9	112.5	17.8	14.9 to 21.0
Obesity	190.6	17.5	15.1 to 20.2	310.8	15.6	14.0 to 17.3	136.4	14.7	12.5 to 17.3	68.6	10.8	8.3 to 14.0
Overweight and obesity	441.0	40.4	37.3 to 43.7	688.0	34.5	32.3 to 36.8	297.7	32.1	28.9 to 35.5	181.1	28.6	24.8 to 32.6
				FI in women
Underweight	20.9	1.2	0.6 to 2.1	22.7	0.69	0.5 to 0.9	19.1	1.2	0.6 to 2.5	12.9	1.3	0.8 to 2.3
Overweight	683.5	37.9	35.1 to 40.7	1301.7	39.8	37.7 to 41.9	563.9	37.2	33.9 to 40.8	344.7	35.6	31.9 to 39.5
Obesity	589.9	32.7	29.9 to 35.5	1206.9	36.9	34.9 to 38.9	584.1	38.6	35.3 to 41.9	365.7	37.8	33.6 to 42.3
Overweight and obesity	1273.4	70.5	67.7 to 73.3	2508.7	76.7	74.8 to 78.6	1148.0	75.9	73.1 to 78.4	710.4	73.5	69.8 to 76.8

z-score cut-off point of <−2 SD to classify low weight for age, WHO; z-score cut-off point of <−2 SD to classify low height for age, WHO; z-score cut-off point of <−2 SD to classify low weight for height, WHO; z-score cut-off point of >+2 SD to classify BMI for age, WHO; z-score cut-off point of >+1 and  ≤+2 SD to classify BMI for age, WHO; BMI <18.5 kg/m²; BMI 25–29.9 kg/m²; BMI ≥30 kg/m².

*N refers to the sample population size.

BMI, body mass index.