Table 1
Percentage distribution of children and adolescents, by body mass index (BMI) category (based on World Health Organization cut-offs), age group and sex, household population aged 5 to 17, 2009 to 2011

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Table summary
 This table displays the results of percentage distribution of children and adolescents thinness, normal weight, overweight, obesity, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Thinness Normal weight Overweight Obesity
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Total 2.2Note E: Use with caution 1.1 4.1 66.4 62.8 69.8 19.8 16.6 23.4 11.7 9.9 13.7
Age group (years)  
5 to 11 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 65.5 61.7 69.2 19.7 16.4 23.4 13.1 10.5 16.3
12 to 17 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 67.2 60.2 73.6 19.9 15.0 25.8 10.2 7.3 14.1
Boys Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 62.3 56.3 68.0 19.4 15.1 24.4 15.1 12.6 17.9
Age group (years)  
5 to 11 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 59.0 51.9 65.7 19.8 14.8 26.0 19.5 15.5 24.1
12 to 17 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 65.6 55.3 74.6 18.9Note E: Use with caution 12.6 27.5 10.7Note * 7.5 15.0
Girls 1.0Note E: Use with caution 0.6 1.6 70.8 64.6 76.3 20.2 15.8 25.6 8.0Note † 5.7 11.1
Age group (years)  
5 to 11 1.5Note E: Use with caution 0.7 3.1 72.6Note † 69.8 75.2 19.6 16.1 23.6 6.3Note †,E 4.1 9.8
12 to 17 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 69.0 58.5 77.9 20.9 14.9 28.6 9.6Note E: Use with caution 6.0 15.1
* significantly different from ages 5 to 11 (p<0.05)
† significantly different from boys (p<0.05)
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
... not applicable
Source: 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey.