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)
Characteristic
Boys
Girls
2002
18.3
18.8
2003
18.5
18.8
2004
18.6
19.3
2005
18.6
18.9
2006
18.4
18.7
2007
18.4
18.7
2008
18.4
18.7
2009
18.3
18.5
2010
18.2
18.3
2011
18.3
18.6
2012
18.1
18.4
2013
18.2
18.5
2014
18.2
18.4
2015
18.1
18.2
2016
17.8
18.4
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Health and Social Care Information Centre
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Health and Social Care Information Centre; NatCen; UCL Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
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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 November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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 November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/ (last visited November 10, 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.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/375853/children-s-body-mass-index-by-gender-in-england/
