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July 2, 2020Public Health Nutrition10 citationsOpen Access

Measuring overweight and obesity in Chinese American children using US, international and ethnic-specific growth charts

JLJennifer D. LauLELaminasti ElbaarECEda Chao

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Use of the CDC reference compared with the Chinese ethnic-specific reference results in lower overweight and obesity prevalence in Chinese American girls. Almost half of the girls who were overweight and half of the girls who were obese were not identified using the CDC reference. Using ethnic-specific references or ethnic-specific cut-points may help improve overweight identification for Chinese American children.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d728a3cd480cb7e5f50d34https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980020000919
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