Table 2.
Modal class membership tabulated against birth cohort, with column percentages, for each child sex.
| Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 NCDS | 2001 MCS | 1958 NCDS | 2001 MCS | |
| Lower normal weight | 3861 (57.4) | 2447 (37.7) | 3047 (48.1) | 1780 (27.9) |
| Higher normal weight | 1605 (23.9) | 1505 (23.2) | 1926 (30.4) | 1981 (31.1) |
| Normal weight increasing to overweight | 831 (12.4) | 1432 (22.1) | 913 (14.4) | 1570 (24.6) |
| Overweight decreasing to normal weight | 197 (2.9) | 235 (3.6) | 309 (4.9) | 386 (6.1) |
| Overweight increasing to obesity | 233 (3.5) | 874 (13.5) | 141 (2.2) | 658 (10.3) |