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Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference and Arm-to-Height Ratio to Identify Obesity in School-Age Children

BACKGROUND: In resource-poor settings, anthropometric parameters are evaluated as potential alternatives to the body mass index (BMI) for detecting overweight and obesity in children. To this end, the mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) and the mid-upper-arm circumference-to-height ratio (AHtR) were...

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Publicado en:Clin Med Res
Main Authors: Rerksuppaphol, Sanguansak, Rerksuppaphol, Lakkana
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Marshfield Clinic 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849437/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018004
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3121/cmr.2017.1365
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