Open AccessRelationship between Morbidity and Extreme Values of Body Mass Index in Adolescents
Author(s) -
Ayala Lusky,
Vita Barell,
Flora Lubin,
Giora Kaplan,
VERONIQUE LAYANI,
ZIPORA SHOHAT,
Boaz Lev,
Michael Wiener
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/25.4.829
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , underweight , body mass index , population , obesity , pediatrics , physical therapy , environmental health
Although the association between overweight and cardiovascular risk factors is well documented in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, reports of adolescent morbidity associated with underweight in industrialized countries are rare.
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