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Body Mass Index reference curves for Sri Lanka

Author(s) -

P M G Punchihewa,

L P C Saman Kumara

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2386-110X

pISSN - 1391-5452

DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v30i4.830

Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , scopus , medicine , publishing , transparency (behavior) , index (typography) , library science , open access journal , open access publishing , family medicine , south asia , political science , medline , law , world wide web , history , computer science , ethnology

Body Mass Index (BMI) or weight/height 1,2 has been popular for assessing obesity in adults for many years, but its use in children has developed only recently. B.M.I. is widely accepted, as it provides a convenient measure of obesity, which is less affected by differences in timing of puberty than weight for height charts. Child BMI age reference charts have been published in several countries and the aim of this paper is to formulate a set of curves for Sri Lankan children

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