Screening for body-weight disorders in Nigerian children using contrasting definitions

Summary Several indices for body‐weight disorders exist in scientific literature, but it is inconclusive whether or not they can yield comparable results when applied to Nigerian children. The prevalence of weight disorders in Nigerian children was examined using the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) body mass index (BMI) for age charts and the International Obesity Task Force's (IOTF) age‐ and sex‐specific BMI cut‐off points....