Body mass index distribution affects discrepancies in weight classifications in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-265

  Tuan, Nguyen T ^a   Butte, Nancy F ^a   Nicklas, Theresa A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index distribution; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; children; International Obesity Task Force; overweight; puberty; underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA HEALTH AND NUTRITION SURVEY; CHINESE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL OBESITY TASK FORCE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS;

EID: 84859913339     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03539.x     Document Type: Article

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