A composite score combining waist circumference and body mass index more accurately predicts body fat percentage in 6- to 13-year-old children

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 247-253

  Aeberli, I ^a,b   Gut Knabenhans, M ^a   Kusche Ammann, R S ^a   Molinari, L ^c   Zimmermann, M B ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body fat; Body mass index; Children; Overweight; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPOSITE SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWISS; SWITZERLAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84872680136     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-012-0317-5     Document Type: Article

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