Self-reported waist circumference: A screening tool for classifying children with overweight/obesity and cardiometabolic risk factor clustering

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-120

  Chan, N P T ^a   Choi, K C ^b   Nelson, E A S ^b   Sung, R Y T ^b   Chan, J C N ^b   Kong, A P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic risk; Overweight obesity; Screening tool; Self reported; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863489827     PISSN: 20476310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2011.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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