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Overweight
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International cut off points for body mass index by sex for ages 2-18 years (data from Brazil, Britain, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore, and United States) (source: Cole et al., 2000)

Overweight - Figure 1

Remarks
Wilk EA van der (RIVM). International cut off points for BMI by sex for overweight and obesity for ages 2-18 years. In: EUPHIX, EUphact. Bilthoven: RIVM, <http://www.euphix.org>  EUphact\ Determinants of health\ Biological and personal factors\ Overweight, 19 March 2007.

EUPHIX, version 1.11, 17 December 2009
© RIVM, Bilthoven.


Literature and data sources

Literature and data sources

Cole TJ, Bellizzi MC, Flegal KM, Dietz WH. Establishing a standard definition for child Survey overweight and obesity worldwide: international.  BMJ, 2000; 320: 1240-doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7244.1240.