Percentile Curves for Anthropometric Measures for Canadian Children and Youth
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Percentile Curves for Anthropometric Measures for Canadian Children and Youth
Body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to assess a child's weight status but it does not provide information about the distribution of body fat. Since the disease risks associated with obesity are related to the amount and distribution of body fat, measures that assess visceral or subcutaneous fat, such as waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), or skinfolds thickness may be mor...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132891