Table 2
Percentage distribution of population, by body mass index (BMI) category, collection method, sex and age group, household population aged 6 to 11, Canada, 2007 to 2009
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| International Obesity Task Force BMI cut-points | World Health Organization BMI cut-points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measured | Parent-reported | Measured | Parent-reported | |||||||||
| Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | |||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
| Normal weight† | 76.6 | 73.0 | 79.8 | 69.3* | 63.4 | 74.7 | 65.8 | 61.7 | 69.7 | 60.8* | 54.8 | 66.5 |
| Overweight | 17.9 | 14.5 | 21.8 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 25.2 | 21.0 | 15.7 | 27.3 | 20.1 | 16.7 | 23.9 |
| Obese | 5.6 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 11.7* | 8.2 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 11.0 | 15.8 | 19.2* | 15.2 | 23.9 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
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Boys
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Normal weight†
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75.3 | 70.7 | 79.5 | 63.8* | 54.7 | 72.1 | 62.4 | 56.5 | 68.0 | 53.3* | 43.2 | 63.2 |
|
Overweight
|
18.5 | 14.2 | 23.7 | 22.7 | 17.0 | 29.7 | 20.6 | 15.0 | 27.5 | 21.7 | 17.0 | 27.2 |
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Obese
|
6.2 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 13.4*E | 8.4 | 20.8 | 17.0 | 14.2 | 20.3 | 25.0* | 17.8 | 34.0 |
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Girls
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Normal weight†
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77.9 | 72.0 | 82.9 | 75.2 | 69.0 | 80.5 | 69.4 | 63.8 | 74.5 | 68.8 | 63.7 | 73.5 |
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Overweight
|
17.3 | 12.1 | 24.1 | 15.0E | 9.9 | 22.1 | 21.4 | 15.6 | 28.6 | 18.4 | 15.3 | 21.9 |
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Obese
|
4.8E | 2.1 | 10.7 | 9.8* | 7.1 | 13.5 | 9.2E | 5.1 | 15.9 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 16.4 |
| Age group (years) | ||||||||||||
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6 to 8
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Normal weight†
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79.4 | 73.1 | 84.5 | 67.5* | 60.0 | 74.2 | 70.3 | 64.2 | 75.8 | 59.9* | 50.2 | 68.9 |
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Overweight
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16.2 | 12.3 | 21.1 | 16.1E | 10.2 | 24.5 | 15.6E | 10.2 | 23.3 | 16.3 | 11.4 | 22.7 |
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Obese
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4.4E | 2.4 | 7.8 | 16.4*E | 10.6 | 24.7 | 14.0E | 9.3 | 20.6 | 23.8* | 17.7 | 31.2 |
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9 to 11
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Normal weight†
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74.5 | 67.8 | 80.2 | 70.7 | 63.6 | 76.8 | 62.4 | 55.5 | 68.9 | 61.4 | 54.8 | 67.7 |
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Overweight
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19.1 | 14.1 | 25.4 | 21.2 | 15.5 | 28.3 | 24.9 | 17.6 | 34.1 | 22.9 | 17.7 | 29.1 |
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Obese
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6.4E | 3.5 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 12.6E | 8.3 | 18.7 | 15.7 | 12.2 | 19.9 |
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* significantly different from measured estimate (p < 0.05) † includes underweight E use with caution Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey. |
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