Neck circumference as a screening measure for identifying children with high body mass index

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Nafiu, Olubukola O ^a   Burke, Constance ^a   Lee, Joyce ^a   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a   Malviya, Shobha ^a   Tremper, Kevin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Central adiposity; Childhood obesity; Neck circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NECK; OBESITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77955479790     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0242     Document Type: Article

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