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Table 3 Percentage of children overweight and obese using IOTF criteria by age and gender in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

From: Prevalence of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: results from the North South Survey of Children's Height, Weight and Body Mass Index, 2002

Republic of Ireland

 

Male

Female

Age (Yrs)

N

% Overweight (incl. obese)

% Obese

N

% Overweight (incl. obese)

% Obese

4

630

26

7

722

29

7

5

2474

22

5

2278

29

7

6

224

18

5

152

29

7

7

338

20

7

451

30

11

8

1372

24

7

1327

30

8

9

152

22

9

85

31

9

11

327

27

6

438

29

8

12

1325

25

6

1381

25

6

13

206

20

4

154

32

5

14

608

22

6

708

27

7

15

1051

22

5

935

22

5

16

88

20

5

73

21

5

ROI

8795

23

6

8704

28

7

Northern Ireland

 

Male

Female

Age (Yrs)

N

% Overweight (incl. obese)

% Obese

N

% Overweight (incl. obese)

% Obese

4

50

28

4

54

22

0

5

356

22

5

365

28

7

8

131

18

1

119

23

13

11

47

23

4

57

33

9

12

115

23

6

122

27

7

14

108

26

7

86

14

1

15

198

25

6

231

23

6

NI

1005

23

5

1034

25

7