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12-19 a Mexico Olaiz et al. (2006) 2006 14.8 18.3 16.6 12.9 10.1 11.5 CDC

Peru Pajuelo (2003) 2003 10-15 - - 18.2 - - 5.0 MUST

12-20 a Saudi

Arabia

Al-Rukban (2003) 2002 13.8 - - 20.5 - - CDC

6-18 a Taiwan Chen et al. (2006) 2001 - - 26.8 - - 16.5 IOTF

5-15 a

Thailand Mo-suwan (2008) 1997 21.1 12.6 - - - - ISRS

Tonga Utter et al. (2008) 2005-2006 12-18 24 38 - 7 15 - IOTF

4-18 a United

Arab
Emirates

Al-Haddad, Little, and Abdul Ghafoor (2005) NA 17.1 20.1 - 7.7 7.1 - IOTF

7-14 a Venezuela Instituto Nacional de Nutricion Gobierno

Bolivariano de Venezuela (2005)

2005 - - 19.3 - - - NCHS/

WHO2

11-16 a

Vietnam Tang, Dibley, Sibbritt, and Tran (2007) 2004 - - 11.7 - - - IOTF

a Prevalence data considered as nationally representative.
IOTF, International Obesity Task Force; NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics reference population; CDC, CDC growth charts for the United States 2000, 85th and
95th percentiles; MUST, for the United States 1991, 85th and 95th percentiles; WHO1, child growth standards for 0-5 years ( WHO, 2006 ); WHO2, growth reference data for
5-19 years ( WHO, 2007 ) ; NA, not available.