Table 3. 4–5-year-old girls–summary of body mass index and weight categories using UK90 population thresholdsa by ethnic group before and after ethnic adjustments to BMI in the national child measurement programme (2012–13).
| Ethnic group | N | Median BMI, Kg m−2(LQ–UQ) |
4–5-year-old girls prevalence, % (95% CI) |
Overweight-obese | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight | Healthy | Overweight | Obese | ||||
| Before BMI adjustment | |||||||
| White | 188 663 | 16.0 (15.1–16.9) | 0.4 (0.4–0.4) | 78.7 (78.5–78.9) | 12.8 (12.7–13.0) | 8.1 (7.9–8.2) | 20.9 (20.7–21.1) |
| Black | 13 970 | 16.2 (15.2–17.4) | 0.7 (0.5–0.8) | 70.4 (69.7–71.2) | 13.8 (13.2–14.4) | 15.1 (14.5–15.7) | 28.9 (28.2–29.7) |
| Black African | 8520 | 16.2 (15.2–17.5) | 0.7 (0.5–0.8) | 68.8 (67.8–69.8) | 14.6 (13.8–15.3) | 16.0 (15.2–16.8) | 30.6 (29.6–31.5) |
| Black Caribbean | 2788 | 16.0 (15.0–17.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.0) | 72.8 (71.2–74.5) | 12.5 (11.3–13.7) | 14.0 (12.7–15.3) | 26.5 (24.8–28.1) |
| Black–Other | 2662 | 16.1 (15.1–17.3) | 0.6 (0.3–0.9) | 73.1 (71.4–74.8) | 12.7 (11.5–14.0) | 13.6 (12.3–14.9) | 26.3 (24.6–28.0) |
| South Asian | 22 109 | 15.4 (14.5–16.7) | 2.6 (2.4–2.8) | 78.5 (78.0–79.1) | 9.1 (8.7–9.5) | 9.8 (9.4–10.2) | 18.9 (18.4–19.4) |
| South Asian–Indian | 7200 | 15.2 (14.3–16.4) | 3.4 (3.0–3.8) | 81.1 (80.2–82.0) | 7.6 (7.0–8.2) | 7.8 (7.2–8.5) | 15.4 (14.6–16.3) |
| South Asian–Pakistani | 10 855 | 15.5 (14.6–16.8) | 2.3 (2.0–2.6) | 77.7 (76.9–78.5) | 9.8 (9.2–10.4) | 10.2 (9.7–10.8) | 20.0 (19.3–20.8) |
| South Asian–Bangladeshi | 4054 | 15.6 (14.6–16.9) | 1.9 (0.1–0.2) | 76.1 (74.8–77.4) | 10.1 (9.1–11.0) | 11.9 (10.9–12.9) | 22.0 (20.7–23.3) |
| Other Asian | 6062 | 15.6 (14.7–16.8) | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) | 79.9 (78.9–80.9) | 10.4 (9.6–11.2) | 8.1 (7.4–8.8) | 18.5 (17.5–19.5) |
| Other ethnicity | 18 168 | 15.9 (15.0–17.0) | 0.9 (0.7–1.0) | 77.4 (76.8–78.0) | 12.0 (11.5–12.5) | 9.7 (9.3–10.1) | 21.7 (21.1–22.3) |
| Unknown | 36 040 | 15.9 (15.1–17.0) | 0.6 (0.5–0.7) | 78.1 (77.6–78.5) | 12.6 (12.2–12.9) | 8.8 (8.5–9.1) | 21.4 (20.9–21.8) |
| Overall | 285 012 | 15.9 (15.2–17.0) | 0.7 (0.6–0.7) | 78.2 (78.0–78.3) | 12.5 (12.3–12.6) | 8.7 (8.6–8.8) | 21.2 (21.0–21.8) |
| After BMI adjustmentb | |||||||
| White | |||||||
| Black | 15.1 (14.3–16.1) | 2.8 (2.6–3.1) | 85.0 (84.4–85.6) | 6.4 (6.0–6.8) | 5.8 (5.4–6.1) | 12.2 (11.6–12.7) | |
| Black African | 15.1 (14.3–16.2) | 2.7 (2.4–3.0) | 84.3 (83.6–85.1) | 6.8 (6.3–7.4) | 6.1 (5.6–6.6) | 13.0 (12.2–13.7) | |
| Black Caribbean | 15.0 (14.2–16.0) | 3.1 (2.5–3.8) | 85.5 (84.2–86.8) | 6.2 (5.3–7.1) | 5.2 (4.4–6.0) | 11.4 (10.2–12.5) | |
| Black–Other | 15.0 (14.2–16.0) | 2.9 (2.3–3.6) | 86.6 (85.3–87.9) | 5.3 (4.5–6.2) | 5.1 (4.3–6.0) | 10.5 (9.3–11.6) | |
| South Asian | 16.5 (15.6–17.7) | 0.2 (0.1–0.2) | 65.0 (64.3–65.6) | 17.2 (16.7–17.7) | 17.7 (17.2–18.2) | 34.9 (34.3–35.5) | |
| South Asian–Indian | 16.3 (15.4–17.5) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 69.9 (68.9–71.0) | 15.6 (14.7–16.4) | 14.3 (13.5–15.1) | 29.9 (28.8–30.9) | |
| South Asian–Pakistani | 16.6 (15.7–17.8) | 0.2 (0.1–0.2) | 62.7 (61.8–63.6) | 18.3 (17.6–19.0) | 18.8 (18.1–19.6) | 37.2 (36.3–38.1) | |
| South Asian–Bangladeshi | 16.6 (15.7–18.0) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 62.2 (60.7–63.7) | 17.0 (15.8–18.2) | 20.7 (19.4–21.9) | 37.7 (36.2–39.2) | |
| Other Asian | |||||||
| Other ethnicity | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Overall | 16.0 (15.1–17.0) | 0.6 (0.5–0.6) | 77.8 (77.7–78.0) | 12.7 (12.6–12.8) | 8.9 (8.8–9.0) | 21.6 (21.5–21.8) | |
a
Population thresholds: underweight: ⩽2nd centile, healthy: >2nd and <85th centiles, overweight: ⩾85th centile, obese: ⩾95th centile overweight-obese: ⩾85th centile.
b
Only ethnic groups affected by the BMI adjustments presented.