Does body mass index accurately reflect body fat? A comparison of anthropometric measures in the longitudinal assessment of fat mass

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 671-677

  Phan, Thao Ly T ^a   Maresca, Michelle M ^b   Hossain, Jobayer ^a   Datto, George A ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; fat mass; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DELAWARE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84862750575     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812440838     Document Type: Article

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