Body composition data show that high BMI centiles overdiagnose obesity in children aged under 6 years

BACKGROUND: Most authorities define childhood overweight/obesity as a BMI exceeding the same high centile cutoff at all ages, but it seems unlikely that true obesity prevalence (excess body fat) is constant throughout childhood. OBJECTIVES: We investigated how fat mass (FM) and lean mass (LM), adjus...

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Autores principales: Wright, Charlotte M, Cole, Tim J, Fewtrell, Mary, Williams, Jane E, Eaton, Simon, Wells, Jonathan C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Original Research Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34967839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab421

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34967839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab421

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