Table 1

Cutoff points for body mass index for underweight, overweight and obesity by sex and age1419applied to sample
Underweight Overweight Obesity
Age (yrs) males females males females males females
8.0 14.15 14.02 18.44 18.35 21.60 21.57
8.5 14.24 14.14 18.76 18.69 22.17 22.18
9.0 14.35 14.28 19.10 19.07 22.77 22.81
9.5 14.49 14.43 19.46 19.45 23.39 23.46

Gualdi-Russo et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:85   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-85

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