Obesity in a cohort of black Jamaican children as estimated by BMI and other indices of adiposity

To examine the relationships of body mass index (BMI) to obesity indices derived from anthropometry and to determine tracking of overweight between late childhood and early adolescence, in a cohort of children with mixed nutritional history. We also compared identification of overweight children using The International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) BMI cut-off points with skinfolds.Prospective study.Kingston, Jamaica.A total of 306 children examined...