Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity in Spanish Children and Adolescents. Do We Need Waist Circumference Measurements in Pediatric Practice?

BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that central adiposity has increased to a higher degree than general adiposity in children and adolescents in recent decades. However, waist circumference is not a routine measurement in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of abdo...

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Autores principales: Schröder, Helmut, Ribas, Lourdes, Koebnick, Corinna, Funtikova, Anna, Gomez, Santiago F., Fíto, Montserat, Perez-Rodrigo, Carmen, Serra-Majem, Lluis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24475305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087549

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24475305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087549

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