This statistic displays the mean body mass index of children in England from 2002 to 2016, by gender. In the year 2016, boys had a mean BMI of 17.8 kilograms per meter squared and girls had a mean BMI of 18.4 kilograms per meter squared.
Mean body mass index (BMI) of children in England from 2002 to 2016, by gender
(in kilograms per meters squared)
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (December 13, 2017). Mean body mass index (BMI) of children in England from 2002 to 2016, by gender (in kilograms per meters squared) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Mean body mass index (BMI) of children in England from 2002 to 2016, by gender (in kilograms per meters squared)." Chart. December 13, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2017). Mean body mass index (BMI) of children in England from 2002 to 2016, by gender (in kilograms per meters squared). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Mean Body Mass Index (Bmi) of Children in England from 2002 to 2016, by Gender (in Kilograms per Meters Squared)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Mean body mass index (BMI) of children in England from 2002 to 2016, by gender (in kilograms per meters squared) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Mean body mass index (BMI) of children in England from 2002 to 2016, by gender (in kilograms per meters squared) [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, December 13, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/