Severe obesity and cardiometabolic risk in children: comparison from two international classification systems

There is no agreed-upon definition for severe obesity (Sev-OB) in children. We compared estimates of Sev-OB as defined by different cut-points of body mass index (BMI) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the World Health Organization (WHO) curves and the ability of each set...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2013-12, Vol.8 (12), p.e83793-e83793
Hauptverfasser:	Valerio, Giuliana, Maffeis, Claudio, Balsamo, Antonio, Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia, Brufani, Claudia, Grugni, Graziano, Licenziati, Maria Rosaria, Brambilla, Paolo, Manco, Melania
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Blood pressure Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Body weight Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - standards Child Child health Child, Preschool Childhood obesity Children Cholesterol Classification systems Clinical medicine Cluster Analysis Confidentiality Design factors Disease control Endocrinology Families & family life Female Growth curves Health risks Humans Hypertension Hypertriglyceridemia Internationality Male Medicine Metabolic syndrome Myocardium - metabolism Obesity Obesity, Morbid - blood Obesity, Morbid - epidemiology Obesity, Morbid - metabolism Overweight Pediatrics Prevention Reference systems Research design Risk analysis Risk Factors Sensitivity Teenagers United States Values Weight control World Health Organization
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