Journal:
:journal of research in medical sciences
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mehnoosh samadi departments of community nutrition, school of nutritional sciences and dietetics and school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
haleh sadrzadeh-yeganeh departments of community nutrition, school of nutritional sciences and dietetics and school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
leila azadbakht food security research center, isfahan university of medical sciences, school of nutrition and food sciences, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran
kourosh jafarian departments of community nutrition, school of nutritional sciences and dietetics and school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
abbas rahimi department of statistics and epidemiology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
gity sotoudeh departments of community nutrition, school of nutritional sciences and dietetics and school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: the purpose of this study is to determine sensitivity and specificity of body mass index (bmi) based on center for disease control 2000 (cdc) percentiles compared to fat mass index (fmi) as an indicator of being really obese in children. obesity was compared based on these two indexes among children under study. materials and methods: th...