Body mass index cutoffs for underweight, overweight, and obesity in South Korean Schoolgirls

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1510-1514

  Kim, Eunkyung ^a   Hwang, Ji Yun ^a,b   Woo, Eun Kyung ^a   Kim, Sung Soo ^a   Jo, Sangmee Ahn ^a   Jo, Inho ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Cutoff point; Korea; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; THINNESS;

EID: 33644670227     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.183     Document Type: Article

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