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Percentage Body Fat is As a Good Indicator for Determining Adolescents Who Are Overweight or Obese: A Cross-Sectional Study in Vietnam

OBJECTIVES: To identify trends in percentage body fat (PBF) in adolescents to determine gender-specific classification thresholds for being overweight and obese. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 899 adolescents (11 to 14.5 years) from Hanoi and Nam Dinh was conducted in Vietnam. PBF, subcutaneous...

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Autores principales: Trang, Le Thu, Trung, Nguyen Nam, Chu, Dinh-Toi, Hanh, Nguyen Thi Hong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6481572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31065538
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2019.10.2.10