Table 7. State level prevalence of thinness (BMI-for-age z-scores <-2SD) and overweight (BMI-for-age z-scores >1 SD) in NFHS-4 (2015–16).
| Region (N) | % Girls with thinness (CI) | % of boys with thinness (CI) | % thinness both sexes (CI) | % Girls with overweight (CI) | % boys with overweight (CI) | % overweight both sexes (CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman (479) | 4.4 (2.4,6.5) | 16 (4.8,27.2) | 5.6 (3.5,7.8) | 12.4 (9.1,15.6) | 18 (6.4,29.6) | 12.9 (9.8,16.1) |
| Andhra Pradesh (1,471) | 10.2 (8.5, 11.9) | 18.3 (12.5, 24.1) | 11.2 (9.6, 12.9) | 9.3 (7.6, 10.9) | 11.8 (6.9, 16.7) | 9.6 (8, 11.1) |
| Arunachal (2,462) | 2 (1.4, 2.6) | 3.3 (1.1, 5.5) | 2.2 (1.6, 2.7) | 8.1 (6.9, 9.3) | 8.6 (5.3, 11.9) | 8.2 (7.1, 9.3) |
| Assam (5,316) | 7.5 (6.7, 8.2) | 8.6 (6.4, 10.9) | 7.6 (6.9, 8.3) | 4.6 (3.9, 5.2) | 5.2 (3.4, 6.9) | 4.6 (4.1, 5.2) |
| Bihar (11,128) | 9.6 (9, 10.2) | 19.6 (17.3, 21.9) | 10.7 (10.1, 11.3) | 2.5 (2.1, 2.8) | 3.2 (2.2, 4.3) | 2.5 (2.2, 2.8) |
| Chandigarh (126) | 9.9 (3.6, 16.2) | 26.9 (8, 45.9) | 13.4 (7.1, 19.7) | 11.9 (5.1, 18.7) | 19.2 (2.2, 36.3) | 13.4 (7.1, 19.7) |
| Chhattisgarh G (5,444) | 8.1 (7.3, 8.9) | 13.5 (10.8, 16.3) | 8.7 (8, 9.5) | 3.3 (2.8, 3.8) | 3.6 (2.1, 5.1) | 3.3 (2.9, 3.8) |
| Dadra Nagarhaveli (170) | 15.6 (9.1, 22) | 14.7 (1.3, 28.1) | 15.4 (9.6, 21.1) | 5.9 (1.6, 10.3) | 11.8 (0, 24.1) | 7.1 (2.9, 11.3) |
| Daman Diu (286) | 11.8 (7.3, 16.4) | 20.3 (10.4, 30.1) | 14 (9.8, 18.2) | 10.9 (6.5, 15.3) | 10.8 (3.1, 18.6) | 10.9 (7.1, 14.7) |
| Delhi (872) | 7.9 (5.9, 9.8) | 11.6 (5.5, 17.7) | 8.4 (6.5, 10.3) | 9.3 (7.2, 11.5) | 8.3 (2.9, 13.6) | 9.2 (7.2, 11.1) |
| Goa (368) | 15.2 (10.5, 19.9) | 10.5 (4.7, 16.3) | 13.6 (10, 17.2) | 9.4 (5.6, 13.3) | 14.5 (7.9, 21.1) | 11.1 (7.8, 14.5) |
| Gujarat (4,714) | 17.8 (16.6, 19.1) | 25.3 (22.5, 28.1) | 19.3 (18.2, 20.5) | 6 (5.2, 6.8) | 8.7 (6.9, 10.6) | 6.5 (5.8, 7.3) |
| Haryana (3,908) | 8 (7, 8.9) | 10.3 (7.7, 12.8) | 8.3 (7.4, 9.2) | 5 (4.2, 5.7) | 6.8(4.7, 9) | 5.2 (4.5, 6) |
| Himachal (1,791) | 9.8 (8.2, 11.4) | 15.1 (11.5, 18.7) | 11 (9.5, 12.5) | 4.9 (3.7, 6) | 6.3 (3.9, 8.8) | 5.2 (4.1, 6.3) |
| Jammu and Kashmir (5,193) | 5.2 (4.5, 5.9) | 8.8 (7%, 10.5) | 5.9 (5.3, 6.6) | 9 (8.1, 9.8) | 7.2 (5.6, 8.8) | 8.6 (7.8, 9.4) |
| Jharkhand (6,449) | 8.8 (8.1, 9.6) | 17.7 (14.8, 20.6) | 9.8 (9.1, 10.6) | 2.5 (2.1, 3) | 2.7 (1.4, 3.9) | 2.6 (2.2, 3) |
| Karnataka (4,363) | 13.3 (12.2, 14.4) | 24.9 (21.1, 28.6) | 14.8 (13.7, 15.8) | 6 (5.3, 6.8) | 4.6 (2.7, 6.4) | 5.8 (5.1, 6.5) |
| Kerala (1,799) | 7.2 (5.8, 8.5) | 9.8 (6.3, 13.3) | 7.6 (6.4, 8.9) | 9.4 (7.9, 11) | 15 (10.8, 19.1) | 10.4 (9, 11.8) |
| Lakshadweep (143) | 10.2 (4.6, 15.9) | 0 (0, 3.3) | 9.2 (4.1, 14.3) | 11 (5.2, 16.9) | 13.3 (0, 33.9) | 11.3 (5.7, 16.8) |
| Manipur (2,408) | 2.2 (1.5, 2.8) | 3.3 (1.1, 5.5) | 2.3 (1.7, 3) | 8.2 (7, 9.4) | 8.6 (5.3, 12) | 8.2 (7.1, 9.4) |
| Meghalaya (2,049) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.1) | 3.3 (0.8, 5.8) | 1.7 (1.1, 2.3) | 4.9 (3.8, 5.9) | 3.7 (1.1, 6.3) | 4.7 (3.8, 5.7) |
| Maharashtra (5,446) | 13.9 (12.9, 14.9) | 24.4 (21.3, 27.6) | 15.4 (14.4, 16.3) | 6 (5.3, 6.7) | 6.8 (4.9, 8.7) | 6.1 (5.5, 6.8) |
| Mizoram (2,231) | 1.3 (0.8, 1.9) | 2.2 (0.3, 4.1) | 1.4 (0.9, 2) | 8.8 (7.6, 10.1) | 6.9 (3.7, 10.1) | 8.6 (7.4, 9.8) |
| Madhya Pradesh (13,783) | 10.7 (10.1, 11.3) | 24.8 (22.8, 26.8) | 12.5 (12, 13.1) | 3.3 (2.9, 3.6) | 3.6 (2.7, 4.4) | 3.3 (3, 3.6) |
| Nagaland (1,883) | 2.4 (1.6, 3.1) | 3.5 (0.9, 6.1) | 2.5 (1.8, 3.2) | 5.4 (4.3, 6.6) | 3.9 (1.2, 6.7) | 5.3 (4.2, 6.3) |
| Orissa (6,251) | 7.7 (7, 8.5) | 13.6 (10.8, 16.3) | 8.3 (7.7, 9) | 5.4 (4.8, 6) | 6.2 (4.3, 8.2) | 5.5 (4.9, 6.1) |
| Pondicherry (663) | 11.3 (8.6, 14) | 15.7 (7.6, 23.9) | 11.9 (9.4, 14.5) | 11.5 (8.8, 14.2) | 12.4 (5, 19.8) | 11.6 (9.1, 14.1) |
| Punjab (3,171) | 9.6 (8.5, 10.7) | 12.6 (9.5, 15.6) | 10.1 (9, 11.1) | 5.8 (4.9, 6.7) | 10.1 (7.3, 12.9) | 6.4 (5.6, 7.3) |
| Rajasthan (9,521) | 11.8 (11.1, 12.5) | 19.2 (16.9, 21.4) | 12.8 (12.1, 13.4) | 3.1 (2.7, 3.4) | 4.3 (3.1, 5.5) | 3.2 (2.9, 3.6) |
| Sikkim (970) | 2.3 (1.3, 3.4) | 2.6 (0, 5.9) | 2.4 (1.4, 3.4) | 7.9 (6, 9.7) | 17.1 (9.8, 24.3) | 9 (7.1, 10.8) |
| Telangana (1,185) | 15.5 (13.2, 17.7) | 28 (20.9, 35.1) | 17.2 (15, 19.4) | 7.3 (5.6, 8.9) | 6 (2.1, 9.8) | 7.1 (5.6, 8.6) |
| Tamil Nadu (4,772) | 11.2 (10.3, 12.2) | 19.1 (16.2, 21.9) | 12.5 (11.5, 13.4) | 8.1 (7.2, 9) | 8.8 (6.7, 10.9) | 8.2 (7.4, 9) |
| Tripura (849) | 4.5 (2.9, 6.1) | 12.3 (5.8, 18.7) | 5.5 (3.9, 7.1) | 7.6 (5.6, 9.6) | 7.9 (2.5, 13.3) | 7.7 (5.8, 9.5) |
| Uttarakhand (3,707) | 6.8 (5.9, 7.7) | 13.2 (10, 16.5) | 7.6 (6.7, 8.5) | 5.8 (5%, 6.6) | 6.4 (4, 8.8) | 5.9 (5.1, 6.6) |
| Uttar Pradesh (25,554) | 8.3 (7.9, 8.6) | 17.4 (16, 18.7) | 9.3 (9, 9.7) | 3.8 (3.6, 4.1) | 3.9 (3.2, 4.6) | 3.8 (3.6, 4.1) |
| West Bengal (3,448) | 9 (8, 10) | 16.4 (12.5, 20.3) | 9.8 (8.8, 10.8) | 6 (5.1, 6.8) | 4.5 (2.3, 6.7) | 5.8 (5, 6.6) |
Thinness, severe thinness, overweight in adolescents are based on the 2007 WHO Growth Reference. Overweight percentages include obesity.