Identifying obesity/overweight status in children and adolescents; A cross-sectional medical record review of physicians’ weight screening practice in outpatient clinics, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: BMI is a feasible and recommended measure for overweight and obesity screening in children and adolescents. The study aimed to determine how often physicians correctly identified obesity/ overweight status in children and adolescents by using BMI percentile charts. METHODS: This retrospe...

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Autores principales: Nasim, Maliha, Aldamry, Mohammed, Omair, Aamir, AlBuhairan, Fadia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6483234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31022236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215697

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6483234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31022236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215697

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