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From: Total fluid intake of children and adolescents: cross-sectional surveys in 13 countries worldwide
Sample size, n (% relative females)
Age, mean (SD)
Age categories, % (n)
BMI, mean (SD)
BMI classificationa, % (n)
Socio-economic levelc, % (n)
4–9 years
10–18 years
Underweight
Normal
Overweight
Obesity
AB
C
D
Mexico
406 (59)
9.0 (3.5)
58 (234)
42 (172)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
5 (21)
39 (157)
56 (228)
Brazil
395 (51)
10.3 (4.2)
46 (183)
54 (212)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
22 (87)
44 (172)
34 (136)
Uruguay
68 (49)
10.1 (3.7)
44 (30)
56 (38)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
31 (21)
28 (19)
41 (28)
Argentina
74 (38)
11.2 (4.5)
41 (30)
59 (44)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
27 (20)
32 (24)
41 (30)
Spain
106 (53)
10.5 (4.0)
41 (43)
59 (63)
19.4 (4.0)
9.4 (10)
59.4 (63)
25.5 (27)
5.7 (6)
25 (27)
42 (45)
32 (34)
France
211 (53)
8.9 (3.4)
56 (119)
44 (92)
17.6 (3.5)
18.0 (38)
63.8 (134)
15.2 (32)
2.9 (6)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Belgium
375 (45)
10.3 (1.3)
31 (116)
69 (259)
18.4 (3.4)
6.3 (23)
69.6 (256)
17.7 (65)
6.5 (24)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
UK
157 (44)
10.0 (3.5)
43 (67)
57 (90)
21.2 (6.2)
8.6 (10)
41.7 (48)
27.0 (31)
22.6 (26)
16 (25)
46 (73)
38 (59)
Poland
170 (52)
10.1 (4.1)
47 (80)
53 (90)
18.1 (3.8)
3.7 (1)
77.8 (21)
14.8 (4)
3.7 (1)
8 (13)
65 (110)
28 (47)
Turkey
67 (18)
13.0 (4.1)
24 (16)
76 (51)
20.9 (3.9)
3.0 (2)
70.1 (47)
11.9 (8)
14.9 (10)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Iran
367 (47)
12.8 (2.9)
23 (84)
77 (283)
20.8 (4.9)
9.3 (33)
56.9 (203)
21.6 (77)
12.3 (44)
32 (119)
29 (108)
38 (140)
China
2705 (48)
12.1 (2.6)
20 (540)
80 (2165)
19.1 (3.7)
11.1 (298)
65.8 (1766)
17.2 (461)
5.9 (159)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Indonesia
443 (44)
10.2 (3.9)
45 (200)
55 (243)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
26 (117)
57 (252)
17 (74)
Total population b
5766 (48)
11.2 (3.3)
32 (1844)
68 (3922)
19.2 (4.0)
10.5 (415)
64.5 (2538)
17.9 (705)
7.0 (276)
21 (450)
44 (960)
35 (776)
Data are presented as percentage (n) or mean (95 % CI)
n.a. not available, BMI body mass index
aBMI (kg/m2) classification according to IOTF guidelines [8, 9]
bOnly countries with available data on the presented characteristics were included
cCategory AB represents individuals with professional/managerial occupations, C represents individuals with other non-manual occupations and individuals having skilled manual occupations, and D represents individuals with semi-/unskilled manual occupations and people dependent on state benefits