International survey reports body mass index cut-offs for thinness in children and adolescents, highlighting standardized definitions for global prevalence comparisons.
Key Points
To establish internationally standardized body mass index cut-off points to define thinness among children and adolescents.
Conducted an international survey to derive age- and sex-specific anthropometric reference values.
Proposed standardized body mass index threshold definitions for pediatric thinness across international cohorts.
Established reference cut-offs designed to facilitate direct, globally harmonized comparisons of thinness prevalence rates.