Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey

Cole, Tim; M. Flegal, Katherine; Nicholls, Dasha; A. Jackson, Alan

doi:10.1136/bmj.39238.399444.55

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Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey

Published in BMJ • Jun 25, 2007

Authors:

Tim Cole

Katherine M. Flegal

Dasha Nicholls

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents, based on body mass index at age 18 years. DESIGN: International survey of six large nationally representative cross sectional studies on growth. SETTING: Brazil, Great Britain, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Singapore, and...

Subject

Body mass index

Demography

Wasting

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