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A 6-year-old boy is seen for a routine check. His mother says he has always been "solidly built", like his father. He is 1.18 m tall and weighs 30 kg, giving a body mass index of 21.5 kg/m2, which plots on the 97th centile of the age-and-sex body mass index chart; his height is on the 75th centile. He is well and has no acanthosis nigricans or hypertension. The resident points out that 21.5 is well below the adult overweight cut-off of 25 kg/m2. Which one of the following best describes this boy's weight status?
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