Table 1 Prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity at different ages in boys and girls according to the new reference of WHO (2007)
Age (years) | No. | Thinness,% (no.) | Overweight,% (no.) | Obese, % (no.) | Excess body weight, % (no.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | 9-10 | 400 | 6.5 (26) | 22.5 (90) | 12.8 (51) | 35.3 (141) |
10-11 | 683 | 6.4 (44) | 22.4 (153) | 8.2 (56) | 30.6 (209) | |
11-12 | 595 | 4.5 (27) | 23.7 (141) | 5.5 (33) | 29.2 (174) | |
12-13 | 728 | 5.9 (43) | 24.2 (176) | 3.8 (28) | 28.0 (204) | |
13-14 | 772 | 6.2 (48) | 17.5 (135) | 3.1 (24) | 20.6 (159) | |
14-15 | 316 | 8.5 (27) | 13.9 (44) | 2.2 (7) | 16.1 (51) | |
3,494 | 6.2 (215)n.s. | 21.2 (739)* | 5.7 (199)* | 26.8 (938)* | ||
Girls | 9-10 | 462 | 5.6 (26) | 11.3 (52) | 2.2 (10) | 13.4 (62) |
10-11 | 800 | 7.1 (57) | 11.8 (94) | 1.0 (8) | 12.8 (102) | |
11-12 | 613 | 6.2 (38) | 6.7 (41) | 1.5 (9) | 8.2 (50) | |
12-13 | 806 | 6.3 (51) | 7.3 (59) | 0.5 (4) | 7.8 (63) | |
13-14 | 767 | 7.3 (56) | 6.6 (51) | 0.8 (6) | 7.4 (57) | |
14-15 | 252 | 4.0 (10) | 3.2 (8) | 0.8 (2) | 4.0 (10) | |
3,700 | 6.4 (238)n.s. | 8.2 (305)* | 1.1 (39)* | 9.3 (344)* | ||
Boys& girls | 9-10 | 862 | 6.0 (52) | 16.5 (142) | 7.1 (61) | 23.5 (203) |
10-11 | 1,483 | 6.8 (101) | 16.7 (247) | 4.3 (64) | 21.0 (311) | |
11-12 | 1,208 | 5.4 (65) | 15.1 (182) | 3.5 (42) | 18.5 (224) | |
12-13 | 1,534 | 6.1 (94) | 15.3 (235) | 2.1 (32) | 17.4 (267) | |
13-14 | 1,539 | 6.8 (104) | 12.1 (186) | 1.9 (30) | 14.0 (216) | |
14-15 | 568 | 6.5 (37) | 9.2 (52) | 1.6 (9) | 10.7 (61) | |
Total | 7,194 | 6.3 (453) | 14.5 (1,044) | 3.3 (238) | 17.8 (1,282) |