Challenges of accurately measuring and using BMI and other indicators of obesity in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Himes, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child obesity; Measurement; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOENERGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTENT VALIDITY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70349254642     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3586D     Document Type: Review

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