Nutritional status of children and adolescents based on body mass index: agreement between World Health Organization and International Obesity Task Force

Nutritional status of children and adolescents based on body mass index: agreement between World Health Organization and International Obesity Task Force

Objective: To investigate the agreement between two international criteria for classification of children and adolescents nutritional status. Methods: The study included 778 girls and 863 boys aged from six to 13 years old. Body mass and height were measured and used to calculate the body mass...

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Main Authors: Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto, Marcos Roberto Brasil, Vinicius Machado Oliveira, Schelyne Ribas da Silva, Enio Ricardo V. Ronque, Marcos Roberto Queiroga, Helio Serassuelo Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2014-03-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
Subjects:
indice de masa corporal
adolescente
estado nutricional
obesidad
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