Recommendations for the use of body mass index for the classification of overweight and obese children and adolescents

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 262-266

  Abrantes, Marcelo Militao ^a   Lamounier, Joel Alves ^a   Colosimo, Enrico Antônio ^a  

^a Servico de Clinica Medica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index (BMI); Nutritional evaluation; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDEX METHOD; WEIGHT;

EID: 0036745737     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650202300305     Document Type: Article

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