International Journal of Obesity

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Is the Canadian childhood obesity epidemic related to physical inactivity?

M S Tremblay and J D Willms

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Table 1. Published cutoffs for BMI for overweight and obesity by sex between 7 and 11y of age. The cutoffs are defined to pass through BMI of 25 kg/m2 (overweight) and 30 kg/m2 (obese) at age 18 y

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  BMI 25 kg/m2 BMI 30 kg/m2
Age (y) a Males Females Males Females
7.518.218.021.121.0
8.518.818.722.222.2
9.519.519.423.423.5
10.520.220.324.624.8
11.520.921.225.626.0

 Adapted from Cole et al. 10

a When whole-year age groups (ie 7=7.00–7.99) are used as in the present study, it is appropriate to use the mid-point cutoffs (ie 7.5) presented here.

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