Defining obesity risk status in the general childhood population: which cut-offs should we use?

By M. de Onís, T. Lobstein. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 2010

657 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In Nutrition and Dietetics

1. T. Cole
2. T. Lobstein

In Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

1. T. Cole
2. T. Lobstein
3. Barry M. Popkin
4. Youfa Wang

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. T. Cole
2. T. Lobstein
3. Barry M. Popkin
4. Youfa Wang

Citations in the corpus

• Extended international (IOTF) body mass index cut‐offs for thinness, overweight and obesity (2012, methodology): “int/growthref/ en/ were used here to calculate prevalence rates for thinness, overweight and obesity as defined by the WHO BMI SD scores (9): • Thinness and severe thinness: -2 SDs and -3 SDs.”