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

• Auteurs principaux: Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto (Auteur), Marcos Roberto Brasil (Auteur), Vinicius Machado Oliveira (Auteur), Schelyne Ribas da Silva (Auteur), Enio Ricardo V. Ronque (Auteur), Marcos Roberto Queiroga (Auteur), Helio Serassuelo Junior (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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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...