Comparison of different BMI cut-offs to screen for child and adolescent obesity in urban China.

CONCLUSIONS: The IOTF cut-offs for Asian should be recommended for child obesity screening in urban China. Pubertal individuals need a more accurate indicator of obesity screening.
PMID: 32517841 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Public Health Nutrition - June 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Qian K, Tan L, Li S, Li Z, Yu F, Liang H, Gao S, Ren X, Zhang J, Zhang Z Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research