Table 1 Weight and weight-for-age Z-scores ^* of boys and girls aged 6–9 years in COSI Round 2 (2009/2010), by age and country ^¶

6-year-olds

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 BEL

23.0 (3.7)^§a

22.7 (3.9)^a

0.35 (1.06)^a

0.33 (1.00)^a

 SVN

24.9 (4.6)^§b

24.4 (4.6)^b

0.70 (1.20)^§b

0.62 (1.10)^b

 ESP

24.9 (4.6)^§b

24.5 (4.6)^b

0.81 (1.19)^b

0.72 (1.09)^c

7-year-olds

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 BEL

25.8 (5.0)^§a

25.7 (5.4)^a

0.40 (1.20)^a

0.40 (1.13)^a

 CZE

26.0 (4.8)^§ab

25.3 (5.1)^a

0.63 (1.17)^§bc

0.51 (1.12)^abc

 GRC

29.5 (5.8)^§c

29.1 (6.1)^b

1.17 (1.27)^§d

1.05 (1.15)^d

 HUN

26.7 (5.5)^bde

26.4 (5.8)^ac

0.57 (1.28)^ab

0.54 (1.22)^abc

 IRL

26.0 (4.2)^§ad

25.6 (4.6)^ac

0.53 (1.04)^ab

0.51 (1.02)^abc

 LVA

27.4 (5.3)^§fg

26.5 (5.3)^cd

0.63 (1.18)^§b

0.45 (1.08)^ac

 LTU

27.6 (5.3)^§f

27.0 (5.5)^d

0.68 (1.17)^§bc

0.55 (1.09)^bc

 PRT

27.0 (5.5)^deg

27.2 (5.7)^de

0.61 (1.25)^b

0.66 (1.15)^be

 SVN

27.8 (5.7)^§f

27.1 (5.8)^d

0.78 (1.25)^§c

0.64 (1.14)^b

 ESP

28.5 (5.7)^§h

27.9 (5.8)^e

0.96 (1.24)^§e

0.81 (1.13)^e

 MKD

27.6 (6.4)^§ef

26.5 (6.4)^c

0.70 (1.46)^§bc

0.50 (1.32)^ac

8-year-olds

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 BEL

29.3 (5.5)^§a

29.1 (5.9)^a

0.45 (1.10)^§a

0.40 (1.06)^a

 ITA

32.3 (7.3)^§b

31.6 (7.3)^b

0.90 (1.31)^§b

0.70 (1.22)^b

 NOR

30.2 (5.7)^§c

29.6 (5.6)^c

0.69 (1.11)^§c

0.56 (1.00)^c

 SVN

31.8 (7.0)^§d

31.1 (7.1)^b

0.90 (1.26)^§b

0.72 (1.16)^b

 ESP

31.7 (6.4)^bd

31.5 (6.7)^b

0.91 (1.18)^§b

0.79 (1.12)^b

9-year-olds

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 BEL

32.8 (7.3)^a

32.9 (7.6)^a

0.46 (1.18)^§a

0.36 (1.18)^a

 GRC

38.4 (8.9)^§b

37.6 (9.1)^b

1.30 (1.21)^§b

1.02 (1.23)^b

 IRL

33.0 (6.3)^§ac

32.2 (6.9)^a

0.63 (1.05)^§c

0.37 (1.13)^ac

 ITA

33.9 (7.8)^§c

32.9 (7.6)^a

0.79 (1.28)^§d

0.53 (1.21)^c

 LTU

34.7 (7.5)^§d

33.7 (7.3)^c

0.66 (1.12)^§c

0.40 (1.09)^a

 SVN

34.2 (7.9)^cd

33.8 (8.0)^c

0.85 (1.24)^§de

0.68 (1.23)^d

 ESP

35.9 (7.7)^§e

35.2 (7.7)^d

0.97 (1.13)^§e

0.73 (1.12)^d