Diagnosis of overweight in adolescents aged: Comparative study of different criteria for Body Mass Index;Diagnóstico de sobrepeso em adolescentes: Estudo do desempenho de diferentes critérios para o Índice de Massa Corporal

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 506-513

  Monteiro, Paulo Orlando Alves ^a,b   Victora, Cesar G ^a   Barros, Fernando C ^a   Tomasi, Elaine ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina da UFPel ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence ; Body Mass Index ; Body weight; Obesity, diagnosis ; Overweight; Sensitivity and specificity ; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034304654     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102000000500011     Document Type: Article

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