Original paper
Racial/ethnic Differences in Body Fatness Among Children and Adolescents
Abstract
Although the BMI is widely used as a measure of adiposity, it is a measure of excess weight, and its association with body fatness may differ across racial or ethnic groups.To determine whether differences in body fatness between white, black, Hispanic, and Asian children vary by BMI-for-age, and whether the accuracy of overweight (BMI-for-age>or=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 95th percentile) as an indicator of excess...
Paper Details
Title
Racial/ethnic Differences in Body Fatness Among Children and Adolescents
Published Date
May 1, 2008
Journal
Volume
16
Issue
5
Pages
1105 - 1111
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