Body mass index adjustments to increase the validity of body fatness assessment in UK Black African and South Asian children

Background/Objectives: Body mass index (BMI) (weight per height 2 ) is the most widely used marker of childhood obesity and total body fatness (BF). However, its validity is limited, especially in children of South Asian and Black African origins. We aimed to quantify BMI adjustments needed for UK c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Obesity 2017-07, Vol.41 (7), p.1048-1055
Hauptverfasser:	Hudda, M T, Nightingale, C M, Donin, A S, Fewtrell, M S, Haroun, D, Lum, S, Williams, J E, Owen, C G, Rudnicka, A R, Wells, J C K, Cook, D G, Whincup, P H
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/308/174 692/699/1702/393 692/700/139/2818 692/700/2817 Adipose Tissue Adiposity - ethnology Age Asian people Asians Blacks Body fat Body mass Body Mass Index Child Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Confidence intervals Deuterium Dilution Epidemiology Female Girls Health aspects Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Humans Internal Medicine Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Minority & ethnic groups Original original-article Origins Pediatric Obesity - diagnosis Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control Public Health Reference Standards Regression analysis Reproducibility of Results Statistical analysis United Kingdom
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