Table 3 Nutritional status of Ghanaian School children ages 9–15 years
From: Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among school-aged children in urban Ghana
Growth status | Total | Private | Public | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Thin | 102 | 3.3 | 55 | 2.9 | 47 | 4.4 |
Normal | 2429 | 78.6 | 1475 | 75.7 | 954 | 84.3 |
Overweight | 382 | 12.4 | 282 | 14.2 | 100 | 8.3 |
Obese | 143 | 4.6 | 113 | 5.8 | 30 | 2.5 |
Severely obese | 33 | 1.1 | 28 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.4 |
Stunting | 99 | 3.2 | 50 | 2.6 | 49 | 4.4 |