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The Health of Children and Young People

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22 International BMI cut-off values of overweight and obesity (in 0.5 year intervals) for males and females aged 2 to 16:

 
Age Overweight cut-off Obesity cut-off
(years) point (kg/m2) point (kg/m2)
Males Females Males Females
2 18.41 18.02 20.09 19.81
2.5 18.13 17.76 19.80 19.55
3 17.89 17.56 19.57 19.36
3.5 17.69 17.40 19.39 19.23
4 17.55 17.28 19.29 19.15
4.5 17.47 17.19 19.26 19.12
5 17.42 17.15 19.30 19.17
5.5 17.45 17.20 19.47 19.34
6 17.55 17.34 19.78 19.65
6.5 17.71 17.53 20.23 20.08
7 17.92 17.75 20.63 20.51
7.5 18.16 18.03 21.09 21.01
8 18.44 18.35 21.60 21.57
8.5 18.76 18.69 22.17 22.18
9 19.10 19.07 22.77 22.81
9.5 19.46 19.45 23.39 23.46
10 19.84 19.86 24.00 24.11
10.5 20.20 20.29 24.57 24.77
11 20.55 20.74 25.10 25.42
11.5 20.89 21.20 25.58 26.05
12 21.22 21.68 26.02 26.67
12.5 21.56 22.14 26.43 27.24
13 21.91 22.58 26.84 27.76
13.5 22.27 22.98 27.25 28.20
14 22.62 23.34 27.63 28.57
14.5 22.96 23.66 27.98 28.87
15 23.29 23.94 28.30 29.11
15.5 23.60 24.17 28.60 29.29
16 23.90 24.37 28.88 29.43

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81 Booth ML, Chey T, Wake M, Norton K, Hesketh K, Dollman J, Robertson I. Change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1969-1997. Am J Clin Nutr, 2003; 77: 29-36.

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84 Frye C, Heinrich J. Trends and predictors of overweight and obesity in East German children. Int J Obes. 2003; 27:963-969.

85 Kalies H, Lenz J, von Kries R. Prevalence of overweight and obesity and trends in body mass index in German pre-school children, 1982-1997. Int J Obes. 2002; 26:1211-1217.

86 Kautiainen S, Rimpela A, Vikat A, Virtanen SM. Secular trends in overweight and obesity among Finnish adolescents in 1977-1999. Int J Obes. 2002; 26:544-552.

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