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Table 2 Accurate MPCW by words

From: Study protocol: intervention in maternal perception of preschoolers’ weight among Mexican and Mexican-American mothers

Children’s actual weight status by BMI percentile

MPCW by words

Malnutrition (<  3 percentile) Low weight (≥ 3 and < 15 percentile)

“underweight” or “a little underweight”

Normal weight (≥ 15 and < 85 percentile),

“Normal weight”

Overweight (≥ 85 but < 97 percentile)

“A little overweight”

Obese (≥ 97)

“Overweight”