Scaling children's waist circumference for differences in body size

Objectives: Both waist circumference (WC) and body size (height) increase with age throughout childhood. Hence, there is a need to scale WC in children to detect differences in adiposity status (eg, between populations and different age groups), independent of body size/height. Methods: Using two cu...

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2017
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/24118
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23037
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24118
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Adolescent
Anthropometry
Body height
Body size
Child
Colombia
England
Female
Human
Male
Obesity
Procedures
Waist circumference
Adiposity
Adolescent
Anthropometry
Body height
Body size
Child
Colombia
England
Female
Humans
Male
Waist circumference
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