Of the children with Type 2 diabetes, 54 % of boys and 44.4 % of girls were overweight. The risk of Type 2 diabetes among children whose body mass index (BMI-the ratio of body weight in kilograms to the square of height in meters), was in the top five percent, was 18.8 times higher than for children in the bottom 50 %.
罹患第二型糖尿病的學童中，54％的男孩和 44.4％的女孩是肥胖的；體質比（BMI，即體重除以身高的平方）位於最高 5％的兒童，罹患第二型糖尿病的危險性，是體質比在中間平均值以下兒童的 18.8 倍。