Percent body fat cutoff values for classifying overweight and obesity recommended by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) in Korean children

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-655

  Lee, Kayoung ^a   Lee, Sangyeoup ^b   Su, Yung Kim ^c   Su, Jin Kim ^c   Yun, Jin Kim ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

IOTF; Korean children; Obesity; Overweight; Percent body fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; KOREA; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 37349035240     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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