Table 2: Obesity Status for Sudanese Children, by Gender
1 Underweight, BMI Percentile < 5th; Normal , BMI Percentile > 5th and < 85th; Overweight, BMI Percentile>85th; Obese, BMI Percentile>95th.
| All Children (N=64) | Boys (n=31) | Boys (n=31) |
| Variable | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| BMI percentile groups*1 |
| Underweight | 7 | 10.9 | 3 | 9.7 | 4 | 12.1 |
| Normal weight | 40 | 62.5 | 21 | 67.7 | 19 | 57.6 |
| Overweight | 12 | 18.8 | 5 | 16.1 | 7 | 21.2 |
| Obese | 5 | 7.8 | 2 | 6.5 | 3 | 9.1 |
| BF % ** |
| Normal BF % | 46 | 71.9 | 23 | 74.2 | 23 | 69.7 |
| High BF % | 18 | 28.1 | 8 | 25.8 | 10 | 30.3 |
| *Body Mass Index | | | | | | |
| **Body Fat Percent | | | | | | |