More than just body mass index: Using the Edmonton obesity staging system for pediatrics to define obesity severity in a multi‐ethnic Australian pediatric clinical cohort

• Main Authors: Faye Southcombe (Author), Sinthu Vivekanandarajah (Author), Slavica Krstic (Author), Fang Lin (Author), Paul Chay (Author), Mandy Williams (Author), Jahidur Rahman Khan (Author), Nan Hu (Author), Valsa Eapen (Author), Sarah Dennis (Author), Elizabeth Denney‐Wilson (Author), Raghu Lingam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite advancements in the use of body mass index (BMI) to categorize obesity severity in pediatrics, its utility in guiding individual clinical decision making remains limited. The Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics (EOSS‐P) provides a way to categorize the medical...