Open AccessValidity of currently used cutoff values of body mass index as a measure of obesity in Sri Lankan children
Author(s) -
V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe,
Sanath P Lamabadusuriya,
Geoffrey J. Cleghorn,
Peter S. W. Davies
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal/the ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v54i4.1451
Subject(s) - medicine , medical journal , ceylon , sri lanka , body mass index , relevance (law) , alternative medicine , family medicine , obesity , law , pathology , socioeconomics , ancient history , sociology , tanzania , political science , history
The aim of the study was to determine the reliability of body mass index based (BMI) cutoff values in diagnosing obesity among Sri Lankan children.