Table 2
Percentage distribution of children and adolescents, by body mass index category based on World Health Organization (WHO) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 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. The information is grouped by characteristics (appearing as row headers), thinness, normal weight, overweight, obesity, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Thinness Normal weight Overweight Obesity
WHO IOTF WHO IOTF WHO IOTF WHO IOTF
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to from to from to from to
Total 2.2Note E: Use with caution 1.1 4.1 1.6Note E: Use with caution 0.8 3.2 66.4 62.8 69.8 73.6 69.7 77.3 19.8 16.6 23.4 16.4 13.4 19.9 11.7 9.9 13.7 8.4 6.8 10.2
Age group (years)  
5 to 11 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.0Note E: Use with caution 0.5 1.9 65.5 61.7 69.2 76.4 72.6 79.9 19.7 16.4 23.4 14.7 12.1 17.9 13.1 10.5 16.3 7.9 5.8 10.5
12 to 17 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 67.2 60.2 73.6 70.9 63.9 77.0 19.9 15.0 25.8 18.0 13.8 23.1 10.2 7.3 14.1 8.9 6.3 12.3
Sex  
Boys Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 62.3 56.3 68.0 72.7 65.8 78.6 19.4 15.1 24.4 15.8 11.7 21.1 15.1 12.6 17.9 9.5 7.4 12.2
Girls 1.0Note E: Use with caution 0.6 1.6 1.2Note E: Use with caution 0.7 2.2 70.8 64.6 76.3 74.7 68.7 79.9 20.2 15.8 25.6 17.0 13.0 21.8 8.0Note * 5.7 11.1 7.1 5.0 10.0
* 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.