Table 5. 10–11-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) |
10–11 -year-old girls prevalence, % (95 CI) |
Overweight-obese | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight | Healthy | Overweight | Obese | ||||
| Before BMI adjustment | |||||||
| White | 151 146 | 18.3 (16.5–20.8) | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) | 68.4 (68.1–68.6) | 14.2 (14.0–14.4) | 16.2 (16.0–16.4) | 30.4 (30.2–30.7) |
| Black | 11 319 | 19.6 (17.3–22.7) | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | 54.1 (53.2–55.0) | 17.2 (16.5–17.9) | 27.4 (26.6–28.2) | 44.6 (43.7–45.5) |
| Black African | 6154 | 19.6 (17.3–22.7) | 1.4 (1.1–1.7) | 53.5 (52.3–54.8) | 17.5 (16.6–18.5) | 27.5 (26.4–28.6) | 45.0 (43.8–46.3) |
| Black Caribbean | 2927 | 19.6 (17.2–22.8) | 1.0 (0.6–1.3) | 54.2 (52.4–56.0) | 16.3 (14.9–17.6) | 28.6 (27.0–30.2) | 44.9 (43.1–46.7) |
| Black–Other | 2238 | 19.4 (17.0–22.3) | 1.4 (0.9–1.9) | 55.5 (53.5–57.6) | 17.5 (15.9–19.1) | 25.6 (23.8–27.4) | 43.1 (41.0–45.1) |
| South Asian | 18 636 | 18.4 (16.1–21.4) | 4.1 (3.8–4.4) | 61.7 (61.0–62.4) | 14.7 (14.2–15.2) | 19.6 (19.0–20.1) | 34.2 (33.5–34.9) |
| South Asian–Indian | 5493 | 18.0 (15.9–20.9) | 5.2 (4.6–5.7) | 64.4 (63.1–65.7) | 14.3 (13.4–15.3) | 16.1 (15.1–17.1) | 30.4 (29.2–31.7) |
| South Asian–Pakistani | 9322 | 18.6 (16.2–21.6) | 4.2 (3.8–4.6) | 60.3 (59.3–61.3) | 14.7 (14.0–15.4) | 20.7 (19.9–21.5) | 35.4 (34.5–36.4) |
| South Asian–Bangladeshi | 3821 | 18.7 (16.4–21.8) | 2.2 (0.5–0.8) | 61.1 (59.5–62.6) | 15.0 (13.9–16.1) | 21.7 (20.4–23.1) | 36.7 (35.2–38.3) |
| Other Asian | 41 745 | 18.2 (16.2–20.6) | 2.7 (2.2–3.2) | 68.3 (66.9–69.7) | 14.1 (13.1–15.2) | 14.8 (13.8–15.9) | 29.0 (27.6–30.3) |
| Other ethnicity | 12 547 | 18.7 (16.6–21.6) | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) | 62.5 (61.7–63.4) | 14.9 (14.3–15.5) | 20.8 (20.1–21.5) | 35.7 (34.9–36.6) |
| Unknown | 38 756 | 18.3 (16.5–20.9) | 1.5 (1.3–1.6) | 67.4 (67.0–67.9) | 14.2 (13.8–14.5) | 16.9 (16.6–17.3) | 31.1 (30.7–31.6) |
| Overall | 236 579 | 18.3 (16.5–21.0) | 1.5 (1.5–1.6) | 66.7 (66.5–66.9) | 14.4 (14.3–14.6) | 17.3 (17.2–17.5) | 31.8 (31.6–32.0) |
| After BMI adjustmentb | |||||||
| White | |||||||
| Black | 18.6 (16.6–21.4) | 2.2 (1.9–2.5) | 63.0 (62.1–63.9) | 15.7 (15.0–16.4) | 19.1 (18.4–19.8) | 34.8 (33.9–35.7) | |
| Black African | 18.7 (16.6–21.4) | 2.3 (1.9–2.7) | 62.6 (61.4–63.8) | 16.0 (15.0–16.9) | 19.1 (18.1–20.1) | 35.1 (33.9–36.2) | |
| Black Caribbean | 18.6 (16.5–21.5) | 1.7 (1.2–2.2) | 62.7 (61.0–64.5) | 15.4 (14.1–16.7) | 20.2 (18.7–21.6) | 35.6 (33.8–37.3) | |
| Black–Other | 18.4 (16.4–21.1) | 2.4 (1.8–3.0) | 64.5 (62.5–66.5) | 15.4 (13.9–16.9) | 17.7 (16.1–19.3) | 33.1 (31.1–35.0) | |
| South Asian | 19.5 (17.2–22.5) | 0.6 (0.5–0.7) | 55.8 (55.1–56.5) | 17.3 (16.7–17.8) | 26.4 (25.7–27.0) | 43.6 (42.9–44.3) | |
| South Asian–Indian | 19.1 (17.0–21.9) | 0.8 (0.5–1.0) | 59.6 (58.3–60.9) | 17.1 (16.1–18.1) | 22.6 (21.5–23.7) | 39.7 (38.4–41.0) | |
| South Asian–Pakistani | 19.6 (17.2–22.6) | 0.7 (0.5–0.8) | 54.7 (53.7–55.7) | 17.1 (16.4–17.9) | 27.5 (26.6–28.4) | 44.7 (43.7–45.7) | |
| South Asian–Bangladeshi | 19.8 (17.5–22.9) | 0.3 (0.2–0.5) | 53.0 (51.4–54.6) | 17.7 (16.5–19.0) | 28.9 (27.5–30.4) | 46.7 (45.1–48.2) | |
| Other Asian | |||||||
| Other ethnicity | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Overall | 18.4 (16.5–21.1) | 1.3 (1.3–1.3) | 66.7 (66.5–66.8) | 14.6 (14.4–14.7) | 17.5 (17.3–17.6) | 32.0 (31.9–32.2) | |
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.