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Abdominal obesity in adolescents: Development of age-specific waist circumferen...
Bravo, Jorge Duarte dos Santos; Raimundo, Armando M.; Santos, Diana A.; Timón, Rafael; Sardinha, Luís B.We provide age- and sex-specific cut-off points that can be used to identify abdominal obesity in adolescents. The present findings provide a tool that can be used in the clinical setting for the early detection and prevention of adult obesity. Population-specific cutoffs may be required for pediatric ages to diagnose children at risk. 1 | INTRODUCTION The prevalence of pediatric overweight and obesity has incr...
Date: 2019
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Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora