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Table 1 Relative proportion of girls of four weight status categories (underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity) during childhood (8–10 years), early- (11–13 years) and mid-adolescence (14–16 years) of age using age- and gender-specific BMI cut-offs from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), World Health Organization (WHO) and the study group in the girls of Punjab; (n = 10,050)

From: BMI status relative to international and national growth references among Pakistani school-age girls

BMI Status Categories

Childhood

Early adolescence

Mid-adolescence

CDC reference

Underweight (%)

30.1

20.34

25.38

Normal weight (%)

61.93

73.31

66.98

Overweight (%)

5.58

4.84

5.69

Obese (%)

2.39

1.51

1.95

IOTF reference

Underweight (%)

19.96

15.49

11.66

Normal weight (%)

71.90

76.03

79.02

Overweight (%)

6.22

7.32

7.79

Obese (%)

1.92

1.16

1.53

WHO reference

Underweight (%)

20.16

16.6

11.71

Normal weight (%)

69.71

73

78.17

Overweight (%)

7.49

8.12

8.02

Obese (%)

2.59

2.32

2

Study group reference

Underweight (%)

4.59

4.31

4.21

Normal weight (%)

80.31

80.90%

81.28

Overweight (%)

9.86

9.14

8.48

Obese (%)

5.24

5.65

6.03