Identifying the best body mass index metric to assess adiposity change in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1020-1024

  Kakinami, Lisa ^a   Henderson, Mélanie ^b   Chiolero, Arnaud ^c   Cole, Tim J ^d   Paradis, Gilles ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; ANTHROPOMETRY; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84907954462     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305163     Document Type: Article

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