Research Article
Physical Growth and Nutritional Status among Ao Naga Children of Nagaland, Northeast India
Table 3
Distribution of body mass index (BMI) by age in both boys and girls following the classification by Cole et al. (2000) [
20].
| | Age (years) | Body mass index | | Boys | Girls | | Underweight (%) | Normal (%) | Overweight (%) | Underweight (%) | Normal (%) | Overweight (%) |
| | 8 | 8 (22.86) | 27 (77.14) | 0 (0.00) | 8 (22.22) | 28 (77.78) | 0 (0.00) | | 9 | 14 (40.00) | 20 (57.14) | 1 (2.86) | 11 (31.43) | 23 (65.71) | 1 (2.86) | | 10 | 13 (36.11) | 22 (61.11) | 1 (2.78) | 13 (38.24) | 21 (61.76) | 0 (0.00) | | 11 | 16 (44.44) | 19 (52.78) | 1 (2.78) | 17 (47.22) | 16 (44.44) | 3 (8.33) | | 12 | 16 (42.11) | 21 (55.26) | 1 (2.63) | 10 (29.41) | 24 (70.59) | 0 (0.00) | | 13 | 11 (30.56) | 25 (69.44) | 0 (0.00) | 6 (16.22) | 30 (81.08) | 1 (2.70) | | 14 | 12 (31.58) | 26 (68.42) | 0 (0.00) | 6 (17.65) | 27 (79.41) | 1 (2.94) | | 15 | 9 (25.71) | 24 (68.57) | 2 (5.71) | 2 (5.56) | 33 (91.67) | 1 (2.78) |
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