BMI-for-age (5-19 years)
Cut-offs
Overweight: >+1SD (equivalent to BMI 25 kg/m2 at 19 years)
Obesity: >+2SD
(equivalent to BMI 30 kg/m2 at 19 years)
Thinness: <-2SD
Severe thinness: <-3SD
Charts
Tables
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z-scores: girls
pdf, 218kb -
z-scores: boys
pdf, 218kb -
percentiles: girls
pdf, 329kb -
percentiles: boys
pdf, 329kb - simplified field tables
Expanded tables for constructing national health cards
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Instructions
pdf, 24kb -
z-scores: girls
txt, 15kb -
z-scores: boys
txt, 15kb -
percentiles: girls
txt, 17kb -
percentiles: boys
txt, 17kb