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Figures
- FIGURE 1
Images of 3 prepubescent boys with BMI values ranging from normal weight to obese. BMI percentiles for the boys are, from left to right, 55, 75, and 95.
Tables
- TABLE 1
Description of Percentage in Each Weight Category According to Percent of Participants in Each Risk-Factor Group
Risk Factor (% of Students Tested in Each Group) Normal or Underweight, % Overweight, % Obese, % Morbidly Obese, % Elevated blood pressure (19.1%) 12.9 18.3 24.7 38.9 Elevated TC (11.9%) 8.4 12.6 17.6a 17.8a Low HDL (18.5%) 10.1 19.1 28.8 40.2 Elevated LDL (8.8%) 6.2 10.1 12.9b 12.5b Elevated TRIG (8.7%) 2.9 8.4 16.8 22.7 Positive for AN (5.7%) 1.7 3.7 8.3 22.8 Elevated insulin level (4.9%)c 0.5 1.2 6.3 22.8 Weight categories were defined as: normal or underweight, BMI at <85th percentile; overweight, BMI at ≥85th and <95th percentile; obese, BMI at ≥95th and <99th percentile; and morbidly obese, BMI at >99th percentile.
↵a,b Numbers with the same superscript letter do not significantly differ from one another; all other comparisons according to weight category were significant (P < .05).
↵c Only tested positive for AN.
Measured BMI and Child Participants Parent Perception Underweight, %a About Right, % Overweight, %b Obese, % Underweight Preschool (n = 1) — 100 — — 5th grade (n = 1) — 100 — — Healthy weight Preschool (n = 51) 11.8 88.2 — — 5th grade (n = 113) 8.0 89.4 2.7 — Overweight Preschool (n = 19) — 94.74 5.3 — 5th grade (n = 31) — 74.2 25.8 — Obese Preschool (n = 16) 6.2 75.0 18.7 — 5th grade (n = 51) — 31.4 66.6 —
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