Accuracy of simple clinical and epidemiological definitions of childhood obesity: Systematic review and evidence appraisal

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 645-655

  Reilly, J J ^a   Kelly, J ^a,b   Wilson, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; child; obesity diagnosis; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAT CONTENT; HUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77953790315     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00709.x     Document Type: Review

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