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 December 21, 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 December 21, 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: December 21, 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 December 21, 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/
