Misdiagnosis of Overweight and Underweight Children Younger Than 2 Years of Age Due to Length Measurement Bias

CONTEXT: Accurate determination of the length of very young children is important because weight-for-length standards are used to assess both under- and overweight. Clinical measurements of length, which usually involve a paper-and-pencil method, may often be inaccurate in children younger than 2 ye...

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Main Authors: Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L., Rich-Edwards, Janet W., Scanlon, Kelley S., Kleinman, Ken P., Gillman, Matthew W.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Medscape 2005
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Clinical Nutrition & Obesity
Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1488725/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16614678
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