BMI percentiles for the identification of abdominal obesity and metabolic risk in children and adolescents: Evidence in support of the CDC 95(th) percentile

OBJECTIVES: BMI percentiles have been routinely and historically used to identify elevated adiposity. This paper aimed to investigate the optimal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) body mass index (BMI) percentile that predicts elevated visceral adipose tissue (VAT), fat mass and cardi...

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Autores principales: Harrington, Deirdre M., Staiano, Amanda E., Broyles, Stephanie T., Gupta, Alok K., Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23232587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2012.203

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23232587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2012.203

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