Discordances in the application of different criteria for quantification of paediatric abdominal obesity: An analysis of two Swiss studies

Nutrition and Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Pinto, A M ^a,b   Puder, J ^c   Burgi F ^d   Ebenegger, V ^e   Nydegger, A ^c   Niederer, I ^d   Kriemler, S ^d   Marques Vidal, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body fat; Children; Obesity classification; Switzerland; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84880516350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20444052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2013.7     Document Type: Article

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