Comparison of body mass index values proposed by Cole et al. (2000) and Must et al. (1991) for identifying obese children with weight-for-height index recommended by the World Health Organization

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Abrantes, Marcelo Militão ^a   Lamounier, Joel Alves ^b   Colosimo, Enrico Antônio ^b  

^a Mil Police Hosp of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038656710     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002426     Document Type: Article

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