Open AccessBody Mass Index and Overweight in Adolescents in 13 European Countries, Israel, and the United States
Author(s) -
Inge Lissau,
Mary D. Overpeck,
W. June Ruan,
Pernille Due,
Bjørn Evald Holstein,
Mary L. Hediger
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.158.1.27
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , demography , medicine , flemish , obesity , cross sectional study , pediatrics , geography , endocrinology , archaeology , pathology , sociology
To compare the body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) and the prevalence of BMI at or above the 85th centile and 95th centile (overweight) in adolescents.
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