New Zealand - share of children by BMI 2018

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This statistic depicts the distribution of children aged between two and 14 years in New Zealand as of June 2018, by body mass index. During the survey period, around 63.5 percent of children in New Zealand had a body mass index indicating they were of a healthy weight.

Distribution of children with a body mass index (BMI) indicating that they are thin, healthy weight, overweight or obese in New Zealand in FY 2018

Characteristic	Share of children
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Release date

May 2019

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Region

New Zealand

Survey time period

July 2017 to June 2018

Number of respondents

4,723 respondents

Age group

2-14 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Note: Release date is the date of access.

The revised International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) BMI reference values are used to classify children as either overweight or obese. The IOTF cut-off points are sex- and age-specific, and designed to coincide with the World Health Organization’s adult BMI cut-off points. The BMI cut-off points that were used in this survey were as follows:

thin = equivalent to a BMI of 18.5 or lower in adults (refers to children who have a low BMI for their age, rather then children who are underweight)

healthy weight = equivalent to a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 in adults

overweight but not obese = equivalent to a BMI between 25.0 and 29.9 in adults

obese = equivalent to a BMI of 30.0 or greater in adults.

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