Table 2 Energy intake in the studied 6-year-old children according to the percentile categories for BMI
Percentile categories for BMI | Energy intake (kcal) | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Median | SE | % | n | |
Below the 5th percentile (underweight) | 1696 | 188 | 1726 | 94 | 3.3 | 4 |
5th – 84th percentile (healthy weight) | 1820 | 314 | 1801 | 35 | 68.3 | 82 |
85th – 94th percentile (overweight) | 1942 | 354 | 1954 | 68 | 22.6 | 27 |
95th percentile and above (obesity) | 1763 | 237 | 1650 | 90 | 5.8 | 7 |