Original paper
Tri-Ponderal Mass Index vs Body Mass Index in Estimating Body Fat During Adolescence
Abstract
Importance
Body mass index (BMI) is used to diagnose obesity in adolescents worldwide, despite evidence that weight does not scale with height squared in adolescents. To account for this, health care providers diagnose obesity using BMI percentiles for each age (BMIzscores), but this does not ensure that BMI is accurate in adolescents.Objective
To compare the accuracy of BMI vs other body fat indices of the form body...Paper Details
Title
Tri-Ponderal Mass Index vs Body Mass Index in Estimating Body Fat During Adolescence
Published Date
Jul 1, 2017
Journal
Volume
171
Issue
7
Pages
629 - 629
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