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Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index in Defining Childhood Obesity: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data from Ghanaian Children

Background: Screening methods for childhood obesity are based largely on the published body mass index (BMI) criteria. Nonetheless, their accuracy in African children is largely unknown. The diagnostic accuracies of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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Published in:Int J Environ Res Public Health
Main Authors: Adom, Theodosia, Kengne, André Pascal, De Villiers, Anniza, Boatin, Rose, Puoane, Thandi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981394/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31861542
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010036
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