Fat mass index performs best in monitoring management of obesity in prepubertal children

Objective: An early and accurate recognition of success in treating obesity may increase the compliance of obese children and their families to intervention programs. This observational, prospective study aimed to evaluate the ability and the time to detect a significant reduction of adiposity estim...

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Main Authors: Luís Pereira-da-Silva, Mónica Pitta-Grós Dias, Elisabete Dionísio, Daniel Virella, Marta Alves, Catarina Diamantino, Anabela Alonso, Gonçalo Cordeiro-Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755716000206