Open AccessAnthropometrics to Identify Overweight Children at Most Risk for the Development of Cardiometabolic Disease
Author(s) -
Corinne A Labyak,
David M. Janicke,
Crystal S. Lim,
James Colee,
Anne Mathews
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
infant, child and adolescent nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-4064
pISSN - 1941-4072
DOI - 10.1177/1941406413501379
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , waist , anthropometry , body mass index , obesity , blood pressure , percentile , metabolic syndrome , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics
Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) is a novel anthropometric that correlates more strongly with visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and cardiometabolic disease risk in adults compared with body mass index (BMI). However, little research has evaluated this measurement in children.