A comparison of distribution curves of body mass index from Brazil and the United States for assessing overweight and obesity in Brazilian adolescents Comparación de las curvas de distribución del índice de masa corporal en Brasil y Estados Unidos para evaluar el sobrepeso y la obesidad en adolescentes brasileños

A comparison of distribution curves of body mass index from Brazil and the United States for assessing overweight and obesity in Brazilian adolescents Comparación de las curvas de distribución del índice de masa corporal en Brasil y Estados Unidos para evaluar el sobrepeso y la obesidad en adolescentes brasileños

Objective. To assess the validity of recommendations for use of the 85th and 95th percentiles of body mass index (BMI) of the population in the United States of America as a screening tool to assess overweight/obesity in adolescents. Methods. We investigated the relation between BMI and percent body...

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Main Authors: Glória Valéria da Veiga, Patrícia Camacho Dias, Luiz Antonio dos Anjos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2001-08-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Health of adolescents
obesity
Brazil
body mass index
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892001000800002

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