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Diagnostic comparison of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and International Obesity Task Force criteria for obesity classification in South African children

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to estimate overweight and obesity in school children by using contrasting definitions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). METHOD: The sample size consisted of 1361 learners (n = 678...

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Autores principales: Moselakgomo, Violet Kankane, van Staden, Marlise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28893079
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1383