Open AccessRecent Trends in Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference among Children and Adolescents in Shandong China
Author(s) -
Ying-xiu Zhang,
Shurong Wang,
Min Chen,
Yan Cheng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of tropical pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.464
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1465-3664
pISSN - 0142-6338
DOI - 10.1093/tropej/fmx013
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , obesity , body mass index , abdominal obesity , overweight , waist to height ratio , demography , body volume index , circumference , childhood obesity , china , pediatrics , classification of obesity , fat mass , geography , geometry , mathematics , sociology , archaeology
The present study examined the recent trends in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among children and adolescents in Shandong, China.
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