Sex differences in younger school age children’s body weight categories

Abstract

The issue of inadequate or excessive children’s body weight, particularly in relation to their health, is also discussed by Czech experts in physical anthropology, auxology, paediatrics, endocrinology, etc. Overweight and obesity occur already at a younger school age, and some domestic and foreign sources report a higher prevalence in boys.

Keywords

• body mass index
• children
• underweight
• overweight
• obesity
• normal weight