Application of body mass index to schoolchildren of Mexico City

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 205-214

  Ortiz Hernández, Luis ^a,c   López Olmedo, Nancy Paulina ^a   Genis Gómez, Maricarmen Teresa ^a   Melchor López, Dulce Paola ^a   Valdés Flores, Jesús ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arm muscle area; Body mass index; Elbow breadth; Height; Mexico; Obesity; Overweight; Schoolchildren; Waist circumference; Youden index

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADIPOSITY; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 57349190091     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000181744     Document Type: Article

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