Table 25
Distribution of the household population aged 5 to 18, by body mass index norms based on direct measures—World Health Organization (WHO) system, by age and sex, Canada, 2009 to 2011

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Distribution of the household population aged 5 to 18, by body mass index norms based on direct measures—World Health Organization (WHO) system, by age and sex, Canada, 2009 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the distribution of the Canadian population 5 to 18 years of age by body mass index norms based on direct measures using the World Health Organization (WHO) system. The row headers provide information for each age group overall and by sex. The column headers provide the estimate and confidence interval for each WHO system body mass index norm category.
  Body mass index norms based on direct measures—World Health Organization (WHO) system
Thinness Normal Overweight Obese
Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval
From To From To From To From To
  percent
Both sexes  
Age 5 to 11 F . . 65.5 61.7 69.1 19.7 16.5 23.4 13.2 10.5 16.4
Age 12 to 18 F . . 67.2 61.0 72.9 19.5 14.9 25.1 11.0 7.9 15.2
Age 5 to 18 2.0 E 1.0 3.8 66.5 62.8 69.9 19.6 16.3 23.3 12.0 10.1 14.3
Males  
Age 5 to 11 X . . 58.8 51.9 65.5 19.8 14.9 25.9 19.6 15.6 24.3
Age 12 to 18 F . . 64.7 55.2 73.1 19.7 E 13.1 28.5 11.5 E 7.7 16.8
Age 5 to 18 F . . 62.0 55.9 67.8 19.8 15.1 25.4 15.2 12.7 18.1
Females  
Age 5 to 11 X . . 72.6 69.9 75.2 19.5 16.1 23.5 6.3 E 4.1 9.7
Age 12 to 18 X . . 69.9 60.7 77.8 19.3 13.9 26.0 10.5 E 6.9 15.6
Age 5 to 18 0.9 E 0.5 1.4 71.2 65.4 76.3 19.4 15.2 24.4 8.6 6.4 11.5
Note(s):
De Onis M, Onyango AW, Borghi E, Siyam A, Nishida C, Siekmann J. Development of a WHO growth reference for schoolaged children and adolescents. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007;85:660-7. www.who.int/childgrowth/en. Total household population aged 5 to 18, except those meeting the exclusion criteria (see the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Data User Guide: Cycle 2). World Health Organization (WHO).
Source(s):
Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 2.
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