Medicine

Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

A. Javed, Marwan F. Jumean, M. Murad, D. Okorodudu, Seema Kumar, V. Somers, O. Sochor, F. Lopez‐Jimenez

2015.6.1PEDIATRIC OBESITY

DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.242

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The ideal means of identifying obesity in children and adolescents has not been determined although body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used screening tool.

Abstract

The ideal means of identifying obesity in children and adolescents has not been determined although body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used screening tool.

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JAVED, A., et al. Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. PEDIATRIC OBESITY, 2015, 10.