Like in adults, the weight status (underweight, normal weight, overweight, obesity) determination in children is made based on weight and height (body mass index). However, unlike in adults, whose cut-points are the same regardless of age or sex, the cut-points for determining the weight status in children varies with age and sex.

An Excel-based classifier of BMI into sex- and age-specific weight status in youths aged 2-18 years according to the World Obesity Federation (formerly IOTF) cut-points © contains an spreadsheet (.xlsx) to automatically calculated the body mass index of up to 2000 children between 2 and 18 years old. Moreover, based on the cut-points of the World Obesity Federation (1,2) and using the age, sex, weight and height values, the spreadsheet automatically determines each children’s weight status on 8 different categories: underweight 3, underweight 2, underweight 1, normal weight, overweight, obesity 1, obesity 2 and obesity 3.

Download from (University of Granada server):

• https://digibug.ugr.es/bitstream/handle/10481/61590/ANEXCE~1.XLS?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Cite this classifier as:

• Sanchez-Delgado G, Cadenas-Sanchez C, Martinez-Tellez B, Mora-Gonzalez JR, Ruiz JR, Ortega FB. An Excel-based classifier of BMI into sex- and age-specific weight status in youths aged 2-18 years according to the World Obesity Federation (formerly IOTF) cut-points ©. OTRI-UGR-IPR-868. https://digibug.ugr.es/handle/10481/61590

• Intellectual property registered in SAFE CREATIVE (1710092555522).https://www.safecreative.org/work/2004243758191-hoja-de-calculo-para-calcular-imc-en-ninos-y-adolescentes

• The contact person for any question related to spreadsheet is Guillermo Sanchez-Delgado, --LOGIN--1d68d8538d67504c9bd41e7efa49e530ugr[dot]es

(1) Cole TJ, Lobstein T. Extended international (IOTF) body mass index cut-offs for thinness, overweight and obesity. Pediatric obesity. 2012 Aug;7(4):284-94

(2) Bervoets L, Massa G. Defining morbid obesity in children based on BMI 40 at age 18 using the extended international (IOTF) cut-offs. Pediatric obesity. Oct;9(5):e94-8

• This spreadsheet was created under the umbrella of the ActiveBrains and SmarterMove projects supported by the MINECO/FEDER (DEP2013‐47540, DEP2016‐79512‐R).