Neck circumference measurement as a screening tool for obesity in children – A cross sectional study

Background: Conventional anthropometric measurements for obesity in children offer several limitations which the newer methods propose to overcome. Objective: To determine whether neck circumference can be used as a screening tool to identify obesity in children and to find out the correlation betwe...

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Main Authors: Umayorubhagom Ashok, SulakshanaS. Baliga, Padmaja R. Walvekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398420302530