BMI, Waist Circumference Reference Values for Chinese School-Aged Children and Adolescents
Background: Childhood obesity has become one of the most serious public health challenges in the 21st century in most developing countries. The percentile curve tool is useful for monitoring and screening obesity at population level, however, in China, no official recommendations on childhood body m...
Main Authors: | Song, Peige, Li, Xue, Gasevic, Danijela, Flores, Ana Borges, Yu, Zengli |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924046/ |
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