Is BMI a Valid Indicator of Overweight and Obesity for Adolescents?

Background: Overweight and obesity are mostly monitored via the Body Mass Index (BMI), based on self-reported or measured height and weight. Previous studies have shown that BMI as a measure of obesity can introduce important misclassification problems. The aim of this study was to assess the validi...

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Autores principales: Karchynskaya, Viktoryia, Kopcakova, Jaroslava, Klein, Daniel, Gába, Aleš, Madarasova-Geckova, Andrea, van Dijk, Jitse P., de Winter, Andrea F., Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7369744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32635439
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134815

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7369744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32635439
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134815

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