Waist circumference and waist for height percentiles in urban South Indian children aged 3-16 years

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 765-771

  Kuriyan, Rebecca ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Lokesh, Deepa P ^a   Sheth, Nishita R ^a   Mahendra, Anvesha ^a   Joy, Renju ^a   Sumithra, S ^a   Bhat, Swarnarekha ^a   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child; India; Normal values; Obesity; Waist circumference; Waist height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80755158921     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0126-6     Document Type: Article

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