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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...
Autores principales: | Nasim, Maliha, Aldamry, Mohammed, Omair, Aamir, AlBuhairan, Fadia |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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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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