Body composition data show that high bmi centiles overdiagnose obesity in children aged under 6 years

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  • who: FM and colleagues from the of Child Health, School of Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom have published the article: Body composition data show that high BMI centiles overdiagnose obesity in children aged under 6 years, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • what: Using a database of body composition measures from >2500 individuals of mixed ethnicity aged from 6 wk to 20 y, the authors describe how the distributions and intercorrelations of BMI, FMI, and LMI vary by age and sex, and how FMI corresponds to BMI centiles at different ages. The . . .

     

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