Research Article
Nutritional Status among the Urban Meitei Children and Adolescents of Manipur, Northeast India
Table 4
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescent Meitei boys and girls (IOTF).
| | Age | N | Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Chi-value | Sig. level |
| | Boys |
| 8–12
13–18 | 192
192 | 58 (30.21%)
50 (26.04%) | 131 (68.23%)
136 (70.83%) | 3 (1.56%)
6 (3.12%) | 1.686 | |
| | Total | 384 | 108 (28.12%) | 267 (69.53%) | 9 (2.34%) | | |
| | Girls |
| 8–12
13–18 | 251
219 | 85 (33.86%)
48 (21.92%) | 153 (60.96%)
160 (73.06%) | 13 (5.18%)
11 (5.02%) | 8.477 | |
| | Total | 470 | 133 (28.29%) | 313 (66.59%) | 24 (5.10%) | | |
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IOTF: International Obesity Task Force.
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