Evaluation of diagnostic criteria and cut-off points to predict underweight among adolescents from the Brazilian semiarid region

• Main Authors: Samuel Dumith (Author), Aline Monteiro (Author), Monica Muraro (Author), Mariane Dias (Author), Kara Machado (Author), Manoela Oliz (Author), Juraci Almeida Cesar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives: to evaluate diagnostic criteria and to propose arm and calf circumference cutoff points to predict underweight in adolescents aged 13-19 years in two Brazilian municipalities of the semiarid region. Methods: underweight was defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than two z-s...