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To establish internationally standardized body mass index cut-off points to define thinness among children and adolescents.

June 25, 2007BMJOpen Access

Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey

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TCTim ColeAin Shams University KFKatherine M. FlegalStanford University DNDasha NichollsCommonwealth Education Trust

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International survey reports body mass index cut-offs for thinness in children and adolescents, highlighting standardized definitions for global prevalence comparisons.

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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.

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Cole et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd1bbbd111c0385b359dea https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39238.399444.55

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International survey reports body mass index cut-offs for thinness in children and adolescents, highlighting standardized definitions for global prevalence comparisons.

Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey

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Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey

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