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Table 1 Energy intake in the studied preschool children according to the percentile categories for BMI

From: Preschool diets in children from Piła, Poland, require urgent intervention as implied by high risk of nutrient inadequacies

Percentile categories for BMI

Energy intake (kJ) [Energy intake (kcal)]

Population

Mean

SD

Median

SE

%

n

Below the 5th percentile (underweight)

2004

676

1758

302

3.9

5

[478]

[161]

[419]

[72]

5th–84th percentile (healthy weight)

2878

695

2929

72

72.6

93

[687]

[166]

[700]

[17]

85th–94th percentile (overweight)

3020

709

3116

148

18.0

23

[721]

[169]

[743]

[35]

95th percentile and above (obesity)

3388

789

2950

298

5.5

7

[809]

[189]

[705]

[71]