Screening tool for diagnosis childhood obesity: percent weight for height vs body mass index
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Background Childhood obesity is a worldwide epidemic problem and it prevalence has been increasing over the time, however, there is no best single standard criteria for screening obesity in population. In this study, we aim to assess the prevalence of obesity in primary school children by using percent weight for height (PWH) criteria compare with body mass index (BMI) curve from International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and study the correlation between these two criteria.
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دوره 2013 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013