Neck circumference and excess weight: proposal of cutoff points for Brazilian adolescents

OBJECTIVE: To indicate neck circumference (NC) cutoff points to identify excess weight at different stages of somatic maturation and evaluate the association between NC and body mass index (BMI). METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 1715 adolescents. BMI was classified according to the World Health O...

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Autores principales: Folmann, Augusto Gerhart, Wolf, Vaneza Lira Waldow, Roman, Everton Paulo, Guerra-Júnior, Gil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9432223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32320681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2020.02.005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9432223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32320681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2020.02.005

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