Increasing Body Mass Index z-Score Is Continuously Associated with Complications of Overweight in Children, Even in the Healthy Weight Range

Overweight/obesity in children is increasing. Incidence data for medical complications use arbitrary cutoff values for categories of overweight and obesity. Continuous relationships are seldom reported.The objective of this study is to report relationships of child body mass index (BMI) z-score as a continuous variable with the medical complications of overweight.This study is a part of the larger, prospective cohort Growth and Development...