then used standard charts provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to
determine each child’s z-score or body mass index percentile (BMI%) in comparison to children of the same age and gender. Of the total 382 children in the present study, 341 (89.3%) had BMI%
scores available, with 11 (3.2%) being underweight with BMI% scores less than the 10th percentile, with 210 (61.6%) being average-weight with BMI% scores between the 10th and 85th percentile, and with 120 (35.2%) being at risk for overweight or obesity with BMI% scores above the 85th percentile.