The utility of body mass index as a measure of body fatness in children and adolescents: Differences by race and gender

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 804-807

  Daniels, Stephen R ^a,b   Khoury, Philip R ^a   Morrison, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; body mass index; children; gender; obesity; race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030906715     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.6.804     Document Type: Article

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