Table 3 Proportion of sample in each BFA and HFA category compared to global normative values (n = 434)
From: Psychosocial wellbeing and physical health among Tamil schoolchildren in northern Sri Lanka
WHO category | Proportions in each BFA for age category | ||
Boys aged 13 (%) | Girls aged 13 (%) | Global normative value (%) | |
Severely thin | 10 | 4 | 0.14 |
Thin | 31.8 | 15.2 | 2.14 |
Normal weight | 56.3 | 75 | 81.86 |
Overweight | 1.9 | 5.4 | 13.59 |
Obese | 0 | 0 | 2.28 |
| Â | Proportions in each HFA category | ||
Severely stunted | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.14 |
Stunted | 36.5 | 17.9 | 2.14 |
Normal height | 59.7 | 79 | 95.45 |
2SD < HFA < 3SD | 0 | 0 | 0.14 |
Severely stunted | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.14 |