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Appendix L: National Survey Data from the United States and Canada
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... Appendix L National Survey Data from the United States and Canada CONTENTS TABLE L-1 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Boys 18 Years of Age and Younger, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-2 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Girls 18 Years of Age and Younger, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-3 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Men 19 Years of Age and Older, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-4 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Women 19 Years of Age and Older, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-5 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Boys 18 Years of Age and Younger, CHMS, 2012–2019 TABLE L-6 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Girls 18 Years of Age and Younger, CHMS, 2012–2019 TABLE L-7 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Men 19 Years of Age and Older, CHMS, 2012–2019 TABLE L-8 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Women 19 Years of Age and Older, CHMS, 2012–2019 TABLE L-9 Population Prevalence of Weight Categories, Children, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-10a Population Prevalence of Weight Categories, Children, CHMS, 2012–2019 481
From page 482...
... 482 DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES FOR ENERGY TABLE L-10b Population Prevalence of Weight Categories, Children, WHO Criteria, CHMS, 2012–2019 TABLE L-11 Population Prevalence of Weight Categories and Abdominal Obesity, Adults, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-12 Population Prevalence of Weight Categories and Abdominal Obesity, Adults, CHMS, 2012–2019 TABLE L-13 Body Composition Summary Statistics, Boys and Men, 8–59 Years, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-14 Body Composition Summary Statistics, Girls and Women, 8–59 Years, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-15 Population Prevalence of Intentional Weight Loss by Weight Category, Children, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-16 Population Prevalence of Intentional Weight Loss by Weight Category, Adults, NHANES, 2015–2018 TABLE L-17 Population Prevalence of Intentional Weight Loss of 10 Pounds or More, Adults, NHANES, 2015–2018
From page 483...
... TABLE L-1 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Boys 18 Years of Age and Younger, NHANES, 2015–2018           Percentiles Measure Age (y) n Mean SE 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th Body mass index 2–3 y 388 16.8 0.2 14.5 14.8 15.7 16.4 17.4 18.8 19.8 (calculated as kg/ m 2)
From page 484...
... SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
From page 485...
... TABLE L-2 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Girls 18 Years of Age and Younger, NHANES, 2015–2018           Percentiles Measure Age (y) n Mean SE 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th Body mass index (calculated as kg/ m 2)
From page 486...
... Pregnant and lactating adolescents excluded. SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
From page 487...
... TABLE L-3 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Men 19 Years of Age and Older, NHANES, 2015–2018               Percentiles Measure Age (y) n Mean SE Min Max 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th Body mass index (calculated as kg/ m 2)
From page 488...
... SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
From page 489...
... TABLE L-4 Body Measurement Summary Statistics, Women 19 Years of Age and Older, NHANES, 2015–2018               Percentiles Measure Age (y) n Mean SE Min Max 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th Body mass index (calculated as kg/ m 2)
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... Pregnant and lactating women excluded. SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
From page 491...
... 95th (SE) Body mass index 3y 340 16.2 (0.2)
From page 492...
... All results use survey weights to obtain estimates for the Canadian population and bootstrap weights to obtain standard errors and are combined between the four cycles according to the documentation from Statistics Canada.
From page 493...
... 95th (SE) Body mass index 3y 353 16.2 (0.2)
From page 494...
... All results use survey weights to obtain estimates for the Canadian population and bootstrap weights to obtain standard errors and are combined between the four cycles according to the documentation from Statistics Canada.
From page 495...
... 95th (SE) Body mass index 19–30 952 26.1 (0.3)
From page 496...
... All results use survey weights to obtain estimates for the Canadian population and bootstrap weights to obtain standard errors and are combined between the four cycles according to the documentation from Statistics Canada.
From page 497...
... 95th (SE) Body mass index 19–30 948 25.6 (0.4)
From page 498...
... Waist–hip ratio was determined only in those with both valid measured waist and hip circumference; hip circumference was not measured in cycles 5 and 6. All results use survey weights to obtain estimates for the Canadian population and bootstrap weights to obtain standard errors, and are combined between the four cycles according to the documentation from Statistics Canada.
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... . SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
From page 500...
... All results use survey weights to obtain estimates for the Canadian population and bootstrap weights to obtain standard errors and are combined between the four cycles according to the documentation from Statistics Canada.
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... 10.8 (1.1) NOTES: CHMS = Canadian Health Measures Survey; F = female; M = male; SD = standard deviation; SE = standard error; WHO = World Health Organization; y = year.
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... Pregnant and lactating women excluded. SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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... APPENDIX L 503 Obesity Obesity Obesity Abdominal SE Class I SE Class II SE Class III SE Obesity SE 3.1 19.8 2.2 7.8 1.2 4.9 0.8 30.6 2.9 2.3 15.1 1.3 9.9 1.7 9.1 1.1 50.9 2.3 2.2 24.6 1.6 11.0 1.1 8.1 0.9 48.3 2.2 1.6 19.2 1.0 10.9 0.9 13.3 1.4 67.9 1.7 2.3 26.1 2.4 10.6 1.3 5.9 0.8 57.3 2.3 2.1 21.9 1.6 13.2 1.1 10.2 1.1 76.3 2.1 2.7 25.6 2.1 8.6 1.8 2.5 0.8 62.7 2.7 1.8 23.6 2.4 10.3 1.5 5.2 1.0 80.1 1.9 1.8 24.2 1.4 9.9 0.6 6.1 0.6 48.7 1.7 1.4 19.9 0.8 11.4 0.7 10.3 0.7 69.1 1.4
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... All results use survey weights to obtain estimates for the Canadian population and bootstrap weights to obtain standard errors and are combined between the four cycles according to the documentation from Statistics Canada.
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... APPENDIX L 505 Abdominal All Obesity Obesity Class Obesity Class II Obesity Class Obesity (SE)
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... Fat mass index calculated as fat mass/height2 and lean mass index as lean mass (including bone mineral content) /height2.
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... APPENDIX L 507 Percentiles 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th 4.5 4.9 5.7 7.7 12.4 16.7 20.2 5.9 6.6 8.1 11.3 18.1 26.7 32.2 8.0 8.5 10.3 13.4 21.0 32.8 41.1 9.1 10.4 13.7 20.1 28.4 36.7 45.7 12.4 15.1 19.4 24.4 30.7 39.5 45.5 11.5 14.9 19.1 24.4 29.3 36.6 44.4 10.6 12.6 17.6 23.5 29.9 38.5 45.6 18.8 19.5 22.7 26.6 32.1 39.2 40.7 17.7 18.9 21.9 27.5 35.8 40.5 42.5 14.6 15.5 17.3 21.1 28.5 34.7 38.9 14.8 15.9 19.8 25.0 31.0 35.4 37.0 18.0 20.7 24.3 27.6 31.3 34.9 37.4 17.5 21.2 24.5 28.1 31.2 34.1 36.5 15.9 18.6 22.9 27.1 31.2 35.0 37.1 10.8 11.0 11.7 12.6 13.7 14.7 15.2 11.5 11.7 12.7 14.0 15.7 17.3 18.5 13.5 14.5 16.0 17.4 19.3 21.5 23.2 15.4 16.2 17.9 19.8 22.0 23.9 25.4 16.9 17.6 19.0 20.8 22.9 24.7 26.6 16.9 17.4 18.7 20.4 22.6 24.5 26.0 16.2 17.1 18.6 20.5 22.6 24.4 26.1 2.9 3.4 4.5 6.5 9.5 12.1 14.7 4.1 4.8 6.4 8.0 10.0 12.5 14.7 3.8 4.7 6.4 7.9 9.5 11.9 13.9 3.5 4.1 5.8 7.6 9.8 12.3 14.6 125.6 132.3 142.0 174.0 217.8 287.4 317.3 132.4 143.7 164.4 197.0 280.5 374.2 448.3 149.1 161.6 178.4 209.7 274.4 390.1 472.2 175.0 187.6 220.8 289.2 446.4 632.3 761.8 226.5 265.0 375.0 540.9 724.5 897.5 1043.7 287.7 363.0 500.3 696.8 939.1 1104.0 1290.7 193.9 220.9 306.8 486.8 712.5 933.6 1072.8
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... Excludes pregnant and lactating adolescents and women. SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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... APPENDIX L 509 Percentiles 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th 4.9 5.7 7.3 9.2 13.8 17.9 19.7 6.9 7.9 9.5 13.5 20.1 26.3 31.9 11.7 13.1 16.5 20.9 28.1 37.3 43.2 12.8 14.5 18.2 25.9 35.4 45.0 51.5 15.1 17.4 22.7 29.7 39.0 49.8 56.3 15.1 18.6 23.9 30.4 37.5 46.0 55.2 14.3 16.2 21.2 29.0 37.6 47.6 55.4 21.9 23.6 27.8 31.7 37.9 41.5 43.4 21.9 24.1 27.3 31.9 37.4 41.7 43.9 24.2 26.4 29.8 34.1 39.8 43.4 45.8 24.4 26.5 31.0 37.5 41.8 45.8 47.4 26.9 29.6 35.1 39.6 43.4 46.5 48.3 29.5 32.1 36.8 41.3 44.3 46.9 48.4 26.2 29.0 34.5 39.5 43.3 46.4 48.2 10.1 10.4 11.0 12.1 13.2 14.2 15.5 11.0 11.3 12.0 13.3 15.1 16.9 17.6 12.6 13.0 14.0 15.4 17.1 18.8 20.1 13.1 13.8 15.0 16.6 19.0 21.4 22.8 13.9 14.4 15.6 17.3 19.8 22.4 23.8 13.3 13.7 15.1 16.9 19.0 21.5 23.2 13.5 14.1 15.3 17.0 19.3 21.9 23.3 4.8 5.4 6.7 9.9 13.5 17.2 19.0 5.7 6.5 8.4 11.3 14.6 18.8 20.8 6.0 7.0 9.1 11.7 14.8 17.5 20.6 5.4 6.1 8.1 11.0 14.3 18.1 20.5 33.4 46.2 65.8 85.8 158.0 283.5 359.2 36.6 60.5 87.6 129.2 230.1 333.1 418.1 68.2 85.9 118.0 177.5 281.2 402.5 494.0 87.7 101.6 151.5 267.6 427.7 588.8 727.6 138.9 173.7 275.1 431.9 635.1 884.8 1029.8 151.5 212.8 367.7 577.5 786.9 966.5 1131.9 110.2 142.8 244.5 413.3 631.3 856.0 1019.0
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... , 2015–2018. TABLE L-16 Population Prevalence of Intentional Weight Loss by Weight Category, Adults, NHANES, 2015–2018 Trying to Lose Weight Currently or in the Past Year (%)
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... APPENDIX L 511 Normal SE Overweight SE Obesity SE a   a   a   a   a   a   38.9 3.4 72.8 3.7 82.2 3.2 37 3.2 73.8 5.2 91.7 2.2 16.8 1.9 55.3 6.5 69.7 4.1 33.7 2.5 59.9 4.7 78.3 3.2 All Obesity Obesity Obesity Overweight SE Obesity SE Class I SE Class II SE Class III SE 34.6 3.8 46.5 4 42.8 4 b   b   48.5 4.4 57.9 2.9 59.5 3.9 53.6 5.1 60.2 5.9 37.1 2.8 41.9 3.3 33.9 3.6 47.3 5.2 59.2 6 48.7 3.4 50.6 2 43.1 3.3 52.8 3.7 59.7 3.2 27.4 3.4 44.8 3.1 42.9 3.6 b   56.2 5.1 50.6 3.2 51.6 3.1 49.3 3.3 53.9 5.3 53.5 6.4 22.3 2.6 43.6 3.7 41.9 4.3 b   a   35.1 3.3 38.1 3.8 33.6 5.7 b   b   31.5 1.5 43.9 1.9 39.6 2.3 46.2 4.6 57.4 3.6 46.8 2 50.4 1.7 46.1 1.9 52.7 2.8 56.1 2.6
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... 512 DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES FOR ENERGY TABLE L-17 Population Prevalence of Intentional Weight Loss of 10 Pounds or More, Adults, NHANES, 2015–2018 Times Lost Under- Normal Age Sex Weight Overall SE weight  SE Weight SE 19–30 y M 0 52.9 2.4 b   79.6 2.4 1 to 2 28.5 2.1 b   15.5 2.3 3 to 5 12.9 2 b   3 0.8 6 to 10 2.5 0.6 b   0.5 0.4 11+ 3.2 0.7 b   1.3 0.8 F 0 45.7 2.1 b   66 2.6 1 to 2 35.6 2 b   28 2.6 3 to 5 13.3 1.5 b   5.9 1.5 6 to 10 3.8 0.9 b   0.1 0.1 11+ 1.6 0.6 b   b   31–50 y M 0 43.4 1.9 a   77.1 3 1 to 2 27.6 1.8 a   16.6 2.7 3 to 5 16.7 1.7 a   b   6 to 10 5.5 1 a   0.8 0.4 11+ 6.8 0.8 a   1.5 1 F 0 29.5 1.9 a   48.9 4 1 to 2 33.3 1.8 a   27.3 3 3 to 5 23.6 1.4 a   21.1 3.1 6 to 10 7.8 0.7 a   1.7 0.7 11+ 5.9 1 a   1.1 0.9 51–70 y M 0 44.1 1.9 a   79.8 3.9 1 to 2 24.3 1.8 a   9.7 2.3 3 to 5 17.7 1.7 a   b   6 to 10 5.9 1.2 a   b   11+ 8 1.2 a   b   F 0 29.6 1.8 a   50.2 3.7 1 to 2 29 1.6 a   28.6 3.4 3 to 5 20.9 1.5 a   15.1 3 6 to 10 10.1 1 a   1.7 0.8 11+ 10.4 1.2 a   b  
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... APPENDIX L 513 Over- All Obesity Obesity Obesity weight SE Obesity SE Class I SE Class II SE Class III SE 45.8 5.4 23.2 2.9 28.1 4.2 15.6 3.3 b   38 5.5 38.4 3.8 38.5 4.4 32.9 6.1 b   b   25.9 3.7 24.5 4.4 33 6.3 b   1.5 0.9 b   b   b   b   2.1 0.8 6.7 1.5 b   b   b   38.4 4.9 21.1 2.4 24 3.7 16.5 3.5 21.4 21.4 37.7 4.5 47 3.4 53.8 4 58.6 5.3 22.3 4.8 15.3 3.2 22.1 2.5 15.6 3.2 b   41.5 6.7 b   8 1.9 b   b   b   b   1.8 0.7 b   b   b   52.3 3.5 21.1 2 28.1 3.1 14.8 3.1 b   25.3 2.4 34.5 2.6 38.2 3.1 34 5.3 23.9 4.7 14.1 2.1 24.5 3 20.3 2.9 27.1 5.7 33.4 5.8 3.3 1 9.4 2 5.3 1.3 b   b   5 1.4 10.6 1.5 8.1 2 14 3.5 13.2 3.2 27 3.4 16.5 1.7 16.5 1.7 17.9 3.1 9 1.9 37.6 2.7 35.1 2.6 40 4.4 31.9 4.2 30.5 3.8 23.9 3 25.7 2 20.1 1.8 29.9 4.9 30.4 4 6.8 1.8 12.7 1.2 12.9 2.5 13.2 3.8 12 1.8 b   10 1.6 b   b   18.1 3.7 48.7 2.4 22.7 2.3 27.7 2.6 b   b   25.6 3.3 30.4 2.1 33.9 2.6 23.6 4 b   14.1 2.5 26.4 2.7 21.6 3.2 35.2 6.3 b   6.8 1.7 7.1 1.8 b   b   10.6 2.8 4.8 1.4 13.5 2.2 b   20.6 5.8 20.4 5.3 29 3 17.3 1.9 23.2 3.3 11.2 2 b   38.4 3.8 24.1 1.9 26.9 2.8 23.6 3.6 18.6 3.9 18.5 3.1 25.5 2 23.7 2.5 27.6 4.8 26.6 4.3 9.5 2.2 15.4 1.8 8 2.1 23.4 4.5 21.2 5.5 b   17.7 2.1 18.2 3.6 14.3 3.6 21.1 5.4 continued
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... b Does not meet presentation standards. SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
From page 515...
... APPENDIX L 515 Over- All Obesity Obesity Obesity weight SE Obesity SE Class I SE Class II SE Class III SE 55.5 2.8 33.4 3 32.6 3.7 b   a   28.3 3.2 25.5 2.7 28.7 3.1 b   a   12.6 2.4 21.8 3.7 21.5 4.5 b   a   b   12.9 3.2 b   b   a   1.3 0.4 6.3 1.5 7.1 1.8 b   a   42.3 3.2 25 3.4 28.5 5 23.6 6.5 b   26.3 3.2 23.9 3.2 20.9 3.8 29.4 5.7 b   13.8 2.7 24.7 3 24 4 28 6.6 b   8.5 2.1 13.4 2.2 13.5 2.7 b   b   9 2.4 12.9 2.6 13.1 3.5 b   b   50.5 2.1 23.3 1.4 28.5 1.9 17.8 2.6 11.6 2.4 27.9 1.8 32.9 1.4 35.6 1.6 28.8 2.4 28.6 3.6 13.6 1.4 25.1 1.7 21.7 1.8 30.7 3 29.5 4 4 0.8 8.4 1.3 6.6 1.5 7.9 2.1 16.4 3.5 3.9 0.8 10.4 1 7.7 1.3 14.8 3.3 13.9 2.4 32.3 1.8 18.7 1.1 23.6 1.9 15.9 1.5 12.5 1.7 35.9 1.8 31.5 1.4 34 2 33.1 2.2 24.8 2.2 18.9 1.5 24.9 1 21.4 1.5 26.1 2.5 30.4 2.3 7.6 1 13 0.8 10.1 1.4 15.6 2.3 15.7 2.4 5.4 0.9 11.8 0.8 10.9 1.3 9.2 1.5 16.6 2.3


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