Prevalence of Thinness among Santal Preschool Children Using New Body Mass Index Cut-Off Points

Table 1

BMI (kg/m²) cut-off points for thinness grades III, II, and I for 2–6-year-old children [6].

Age (years)	Boys thinness			Girls thinness
	GD-III 16.0	GD-II 17.0	GD-I 18.5	GD-III 16.0	GD-II 17.0	GD-I 18.5
2	13.37	14.12	15.14	13.24	13.90	14.83
3	13.09	13.79	14.74	12.98	13.60	14.47
4	12.86	13.52	14.43	12.73	13.34	14.19
5	12.66	13.31	14.21	12.50	13.09	13.94
6	12.50	13.15	14.07	12.32	12.93	13.83

All values are in kg/m².