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Mean age is 13.3 ± 2.7 and the mean body weight is 93.0 ± 22.1 (~205lbs) at study start. That's pretty big for a 13 year-old.
by jonlucc 11y ago
Mean age is 13.3 ± 2.7 and the mean body weight is 93.0 ± 22.1 (~205lbs) at study start. That's pretty big for a 13 year-old.
- DanBC 11y agothe CDC says 50th percentile is about 100 lbs. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-weight-of-a-13-year-old-boy https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-weight-of-a-13-yea... http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/set1clinical/cj41c021.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/set1clinical/cj41c021.p... 93 kg puts them at something like 90th / 95th percentile.
- mfoy_ 11y agoSo the mean height would have to be around 5'11 for them to just be "overweight" and not "obese". Which seems unlikely for a group of young teens.
- nols 11y agoThe study was on obese children. The paper says on day 0 they had a mean BMI of 35.6 ± 6.4.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoObesity in children is measured a bit differently. They use BMI-for-age percentiles, not Straight BMI. From the CDC: Overweight is defined as a BMI at or above the 85th percentile and below the 95th percentile for children and teens of the same age and sex. Obesity is defined as a BMI at or above the 95th percentile for children and teens of the same age and sex.