Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Javed, Asma; Jumean, Marwan; Hassan Murad, M.; Okorodudu, Daniel; Kumar, Seema; K. Somers, Virend; Sochor, Ondřej; Lopez‐Jimenez, Francisco

doi:10.1111/ijpo.242

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Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Published in Pediatric Obesity • Jun 25, 2014

Authors:

Asma Javed

Marwan Jumean

M. Hassan Murad

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The ideal means of identifying obesity in children and adolescents has not been determined although body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used screening tool. OBJECTIVE: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies assessing the diagnostic performance of BMI to detect...

Subject

Medicine

Meta-analysis

Body mass index

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