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- Title
Association between different growth curve definitions of overweight and obesity and cardiometabolic risk in children.
- Authors
Kakinami, Lisa; Henderson, Mélanie; Delvin, Edgard E; Levy, Emile; O'Loughlin, Jennifer; Lambert, Marie; Paradis, Gilles
- Abstract
Overweight and obesity in young people are assessed by comparing body mass index (BMI) with a reference population. However, two widely used reference standards, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) growth curves, have different definitions of overweight and obesity, thus affecting estimates of prevalence. We compared the associations between overweight and obesity as defined by each of these curves and the presence of cardiometabolic risk factors.
- Publication
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2012, Vol 184, Issue 10, pE539
- ISSN
1488-2329
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.110797