Body mass index percentiles versus body composition assessments: Challenges for disease risk classifications in children

• Main Authors: Jody L. Clasey (Author), Elizabeth A. Easley (Author), Margaret O. Murphy (Author), Stefan G. Kiessling (Author), Arnold Stromberg (Author), Aric Schadler (Author), Hong Huang (Author), John A. Bauer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundIdentifying at-risk children with optimal specificity and sensitivity to allow for the appropriate intervention strategies to be implemented is crucial to improving the health and well-being of children. We determined relationships of body mass indexes for age and sex percentile (BMI%) cla...