Open AccessPredicting overweight and obesity in adulthood from body mass index values in childhood and adolescence
Author(s) -
Shumei Guo,
Wei Wu,
William Cameron Chumlea,
Alex F. Roche
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/76.3.653
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , percentile , obesity , medicine , young adult , demography , logistic regression , childhood obesity , pediatrics , gerontology , statistics , mathematics , sociology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced the clinical use of the body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) in growth charts for young males and females.
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