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Table 1 Prevalence of overweight and obesity in young rugby players by age category (IOTF criteria)

From: A Cross-Sectional Study Assessing the Contributions of Body Fat Mass and Fat-Free Mass to Body Mass Index Scores in Male Youth Rugby Players

	Overweight		Obese		Overweight and obese
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
IOTF
All	32.8	29.4–36.2	13.8	11.3–16.3	46.6	43–50.2
Under 11 years	23.9	18.6–29.2	9.7	6.0–13.4	33.6	27.7–39.5
Under 13 years	30.3	24.7–35.8	7.3	4.1–10.4	37.5	31.7–43.4
Under 15 years	45.2	38.8–51.6	25.7	20–31.3	70.9	65–76.7

95% CI 95% confidence interval limits

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