Predictors of central and general obesity in Iranian preschool children: which anthropometric indices can be used as screening tools?

• Main Authors: Farzaneh Mardali (Author), Mahdyieh Naziri (Author), Mohammad Hassan Sohouli (Author), Somaye Fatahi (Author), Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini-Baharanchi (Author), Mihnea-Alexandru Găman (Author), Farzad Shidfar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Aim To compare the ability of anthropometric indices [waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), neck-to-height ratio (NHR), conicity index (CI), body adiposity index (BAI), tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) and body mass index (BMI)] and,measuerments like neck(NC), hip(HC) and wai...