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PEDIATRIC HIGHLIGHT Body fat reference curves for children
Institute for Health Research & Policy, London Metropolitan University, London, UK; Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Child Growth Foundation, 2 Mayfield Avenue, London, UK; MRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, UK and MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Londo...
متن کاملBody fat percentile curves for U.S. children and adolescents.
BACKGROUND To date, several studies have been published outlining reference percentiles for BMI in children and adolescents. In contrast, there are limited reference data on percent body fat (%BF) in U.S. youth. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to derive smoothed percentile curves for %BF in a nationally representative sample of U.S. children and adolescents. METHODS Percent fat was de...
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OBJECTIVE To create gender-specific percentile curves for percent body fat (%BF) by Bio electrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) for screening adiposity and risk of hypertension in Indian children and generate reference curves for percent fat-free mass (%FFM), muscle mass (%LM) and bone mineral content (BMC) by using bioelectrical impedance. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from previous multicen...
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OBJECTIVES To develop reference curves for the body fat index (BFI) in the pediatric population, in adolescents from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and verify their association with body mass index and body fat percentage. METHODS The study is part of the research project "Nutritional Profile of Adolescents from Public and Private Schools of São Paulo" that was performed in 2004-2005. A total...
متن کاملBody Mass Index Reference Curves for Children Aged 0-18 Years in Shaanxi, China
OBJECTIVES Health care professionals have recommended the use of age-related body mass index (BMI) to evaluate obesity in children. Until now, no age-related reference curves for BMI have been reported in China. Presented here are age-related BMI percentile curves for children aged 0~18 years in Shaanxi, China, 1995. METHODS The Third Nationwide Growth Survey was performed in 1995 and from th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803232