Neck circumference as a complementary measure to identify excess body weight in children aged 13-24 months

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Daniela dos Santos (Author), Aila Anne Pinto Farias Contarato (Author), Caroline Kroll (Author), Mayte Bertoli (Author), Sandra Ana Czarnobay (Author), Katherinne Barth Wanis Figueirêdo (Author), Silmara Salete de Barros Silva Mastroeni (Author), Marco Fabio Mastroeni (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Objectives:to analyze the accuracy of neck circumference (NC) as a measure for assessing excess body weight in children aged 13-24 months of life, according to gender.Methods:this is a cross-sectional study comparing the neck circumferences in relation to body mass index (BMI) and other anthropometr...