Augmenting BMI and waist-height ratio for establishing more efficient obesity percentiles among school-going children

<b>Research Questions: </b> 1. Are all the existing methods for estimating the obesity and overweight in school going children in India equally efficient? 2. How to derive more efficient obesity percentiles to determine obesity and overweight status in school-going children aged 7-12 yea...

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Main Authors: Panjikkaran Seeja, Kumari K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2009;volume=34;issue=2;spage=135;epage=139;aulast=Panjikkaran