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Indicator name:
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median, prevalence
Short name:
NCD_BMI_PLUS1
Topic:
BMI
Definition:
Percentage of defined population with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 1 standard deviation above the median, according to the WHO references for school-age children and adolescents.
Disaggregation:
Sex, Age
Method of measurement
Based on measured height and weight.
Method of estimation:
Input data and methods are described here: NCD-RisC. Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents and adults.

Lancet 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(23)02750-2

Statistical code is available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10534960

Preferred data sources:
Population-based surveys
Contact person email:
rileyl@who.int
Name:
Leanne Riley
IMRID:
4806
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