Severe Obesity Defined by Percentiles of WHO and Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth with Obesity

• Main Authors: Giuliana Valerio (Author), Procolo Di Bonito (Author), Anna Di Sessa (Author), Giada Ballarin (Author), Valeria Calcaterra (Author), Domenico Corica (Author), Maria Felicia Faienza (Author), Francesca Franco (Author), Maria Rosaria Licenziati (Author), Claudio Maffeis (Author), Giulio Maltoni (Author), Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice (Author), Anita Morandi (Author), Enza Mozzillo (Author), Malgorzata Wasniewska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The pediatric definition of severe obesity (OB) depends on the body mass index (BMI) references. We evaluated different BMI-derived metrics of the World Health Organization (WHO) system to define which cut-off is associated with the highest cardiometabolic r...