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Abraham Goldstein, Uri Haelyon, Evgenia Krolik, and Joseph Sack
Comparison of Body Weight and Height of Israeli Schoolchildren With the Tanner and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Growth Charts
Pediatrics 2001; 108: e108 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read P3R] Israeli children slimmer than Americans
Ernest M. Post   (28 December 2001)

Israeli children slimmer than Americans 28 December 2001
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Ernest M. Post,
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post-ernest{at}cooperhealth.edu Ernest M. Post

It is remarkable that about 80% of Israeli children are between the CDC 10th and 90th percentiles for weight (and BMI). Those percentiles are based on old American data and were intentionally not updated to reflect the recent epidemic of overweight and obesity in the US. I doubt if there is any population of US children where 80% of them would fall within those "normal ranges."