Childhood obesity: Current definitions and recommendations for their use

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 325-331

  Rolland Cachera, Marie Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiology; Growth and development; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Reference values; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80052898565     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2011.607458     Document Type: Review

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