Table 1.

Prevalence (%) of the body mass index (BMI) status of children in Bonaire in 2008 and 2015

		Boys		Girls		All
Age group	BMI status	2008	2015	2008	2015	2008	2015
		%	%	%	%	%	%
4-11 years	Thinness	11.4	16.3	9.6	13.8	10.5	15.1
	Normal weight	66.8	62.2	59.7	60.8	63.4	61.5
	Overweight	12.4	12.5	18.2	15.6	15.2	14.0
	Obesity	5.8	5.5	7.6	6.3	6.7	5.9
	Morbid obesity	3.6	3.5	4.8	3.5	4.2	3.5
	Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
		N = 678	N = 793	N = 643	N = 768	N = 1330	N = 1561
12-14 years	Thinness	8.0	8.3	6.1	11.1	7.0	9.7
	Normal weight	61.8	63.2	60.4	55.9	61.1	59.5
	Overweight	19.5	18.8	19.5	20.4	19.5	19.6
	Obesity	7.3	7.9	10.9	7.5	9.2	7.7
	Morbid obesity	3.4	1.8	3.1	5.0	3.2	3.4
	Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
		N = 262	N = 277	N = 293	N = 279	N = 555	N = 556
Total		100 N = 949	100 N = 1070	100 N = 936	100 N = 1047	100 N = 1885	100 N = 2117