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Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index in Defining Childhood Obesity: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data from Ghanaian Children
Background: Screening methods for childhood obesity are based largely on the published body mass index (BMI) criteria. Nonetheless, their accuracy in African children is largely unknown. The diagnostic accuracies of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Autores principales: | Adom, Theodosia, Kengne, André Pascal, De Villiers, Anniza, Boatin, Rose, Puoane, Thandi |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31861542 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010036 |
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