Population
Adolescents of both sexes (10-19 years old) from 29 included studies.
Design
Systematic_review
Authors
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Inconsistent cut-offs undermine reliable adolescent abdominal obesity estimates; leaves open the need for standardized criteria before clinical or research adoption.
Abdominal obesity prevalence is high among adolescents globally, but there is a lack of consensus on the diagnostic cut-off criteria.
Moraes et al. (2010) studied this question.
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