Which metric of relative weight best captures body fatness in children?

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1345-1352

  Field, Alison E ^a,b,e   Laird, Nan ^c   Steinberg, Emily ^d   Fallon, Erica ^d   Semega Janneh, Mariama ^d   Yanovski, Jack A ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e Division of Adolescent Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; BMI percentile; Body fat; Measurement; Z scores of BMI

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1542440925     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.182     Document Type: Article

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