Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)

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/world-development-indicators/sh.sta.owgh.zs/

├ README.md

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├ data.csv

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/sh.sta.owgh.zs/_r/-/data.csv

└ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/sh.sta.owgh.zs/_r/-/datapackage.json

Key Files

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datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/sh.sta.owgh.zs/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

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Typical Usage

1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
3. Read README.md for full context

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Schema

name	type	description
Country Name	string	Country or Region name
Country Code	string	ISO 3-digit ISO code extended to include regional codes e.g. EUR, ARB etc
Year	year	Year
Value	number	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 WHOs new child growth standards released in 2006.

Data Files

File	Description	Size	Last modified	Download
data		21.2 kB	2 months ago	data

Files	Size	Format	Created	Updated	License	Source
1	21.2 kB	csv		4 months ago

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 WHOs new child growth standards released in 2006.