Defining morbid obesity in children based on BMI 40 at age 18 using the extended international (IOTF) cut-offs

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e94-e98

  Bervoets, L ^a   Massa, G ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JESSA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Morbid obesity; Reference values

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY MASS INDEX CUT OFF VALUE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84908017967     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2014.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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