Table 1 Information about children by BMI category and school year for the total sample and subseta
| Â | 2004-05 school year | 2005-06 school year | 2006-07 school year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | All children n = 616 | Subset n = 187 | All children n = 646 | Subset n = 213 | All children n = 309 | Subset n = 65 |
BMI category | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n (%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | |||||
Underweight & healthy weight (< 85th percentile) | 322 (52%) | 103 (55%) | 347 (54%) | 102 (48%) | 142 (46%) | 27 (42%) |
Overweight (≥ 85th to < 95th percentiles) | 116 (19%) | 29 (16%) | 123 (19%) | 44 (21%) | 56 (18%) | 14 (22%) |
Obese (≥ 95th to < 99th percentiles) | 139 (23%) | 41 (22%) | 112 (17%) | 43 (20%) | 70 (23%) | 16 (25%) |
Severely obese (≥ 99th percentile) | 39 (6%) | 14 (8%) | 64 (10%) | 24 (11%) | 41 (13%) | 8 (12%) |