Egypt, Arab Rep. | Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
53
Source
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5)
year value
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978 3.8
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988 6.8
1989
1990
1991 14.9
1992
1993 14.4
1994
1995 14.7
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 18.2
2001
2002
2003 9.2
2004
2005 14.1
2006
2007
2008 20.5
2009
2010
2011
2012

Egypt, Arab Rep. | Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
53
Source