Appropriateness of US and international BMI-for-age reference curves in defining adiposity among Israeli school children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-578

  Huerta, Michael ^a   Gdalevich, Michael ^a,b   Tlashadze, Alla ^a   Scharf, Shimon ^a   Schlezinger, Menachem ^a   Efrati, Ori ^b   Bibi, Haim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood; Growth charts; Obesity; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURVE FITTING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RECOVERY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247365405     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0284-z     Document Type: Article

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