Nutritional status of children and adolescents based on body mass index: agreement between World Health Organization and International Obesity Task Force

• Main Authors: Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto (Author), Marcos Roberto Brasil (Author), Vinicius Machado Oliveira (Author), Schelyne Ribas da Silva (Author), Enio Ricardo V. Ronque (Author), Marcos Roberto Queiroga (Author), Helio Serassuelo Junior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To investigate the agreement between two international criteria for classification of children and adolescents nutritional status. Methods: The study included 778 girls and 863 boys aged from six to 13 years old. Body mass and height were measured and used to calculate the body mass index...