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Table 8
Population aged 5 to 17, by measured body mass index (BMI)^{Table 8 Note 1} classification, age and sex, Canada, 2012/2013 Table 8
Population aged 5 to 17, by measured body mass index (BMI)^{Table 8 Note 1} classification, age and sex, Canada, 2012/2013

Table 8
Population aged 5 to 17, by measured body mass index (BMI)^{Table 8 Note 1} classification, age and sex, Canada, 2012/2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population aged 5 to 17. The information is grouped by Weight classification (appearing as row headers), Total – 5 to 17 years, 5 to 11 years, 12 to 17 years, Females and Males, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Weight classification	Total – 5 to 17 years		5 to 11 years		12 to 17 years
	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males
	percent
Overweight or obese	29.0	33.3	28.8	22.4	29.3	*44.5^Note ^{Table 8 Note †}**
Overweight^{Table 8 Note 2}	18.5	18.7	19.4	14.1	17.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	23.4^{Table 8 Note †}
Obese^{Table 8 Note 3}	10.5	14.6	9.4	8.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.7	21.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 8 Note †}
Neither overweight nor obese	71.0	66.7	71.2	77.6	70.7	*55.5^Note ^{Table 8 Note †}**
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from females, within age group, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Note † significantly different from 5-to-11-year-olds, within sex, at p < 0.05 Return to note † referrer Note 1. Body Mass Index (BMI) - World Health Organization (WHO) classification system. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Greater than one standard deviation and less than or equal to two standard deviations above the mean BMI for age and sex. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Greater than 2 standard deviations above the mean BMI for age and sex. Return to note 3 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2012/2013.

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Date modified:: 2017-02-22