Body fat reference curves for children
By H. McCarthy, T. Cole, T. Fry, S. Jebb, A. Prentice. International Journal of Obesity, 2006
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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Expert committee recommendations regarding the prevention, assessment, and treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity: summary report. (2007, background): “If hirsutism and excessive acne are seen in a girl with irregular menses (if she is old enough), then the following should be measured in a laboratory with pediatric standards and sensitive methods362–365: (1) serum 17hydroxyprogesterone levels; basal levels would be high (if the index of suspicion ”
- Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity (2007, background): “If hirsutism and excessive acne are seen in a girl with irregular menses (if she is old enough), then the following should be measured in a laboratory with pediatric standards and sensitive methods362–365: (1) serum 17hydroxyprogesterone levels; basal levels would be high (if the index of suspicion ”
- Measurement and Definitions of Obesity In Childhood and Adolescence: A field guide for the uninitiated (2007, neutral): “Although less accurate than more sophisticated measurements, some current analysers are relatively inexpensive, portable, simple and quick, meaning BIA can now be used in the field and with large samples [20, 80].”
- Beyond BMI: the value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research. (2008, neutral): “While there is consensus in the medical literature that BMI is a poor measure of fatness (McCarthy et al., 2006; Yusuf et al., 2005; Gallagher et al., 1996; Smalley et al., 1990; Garn et al., 1986), there is no consensus on which of the more accurate measures of fatness is best (Freedman and Perry, ”
- Obesity and socioeconomic status in developing countries: a systematic review (2012, methodology): “The study on China (12) used the Chinese BMI cut-off point of 28 kg m-2 to define obesity in addition to the standard WHO threshold.”