Background: Since no growth standards for adolescents exist and a single reference applicable everywhere is still in debate, it is recognized that the best reference should be derived from the growth pattern of the healthy population that will use it. In 2007 a study developed references for body mass index for 12th to 18th y Bolivian school adolescent (BAP. Objectives: To compare nutritional status outcomes applying BMI references from the BAP, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC 2000, the International Task Force (IOTF), and the 2007 WHO, to determine appropriateness of use in Bolivian adolescents. Subjects/methods: References were applied in 3306 adolescents, 45.0% male, 55% female, 12th to 18th y selected from a nationally...
Introduction and Objectives: The use of BMI is highly contested, especially in populations in which ...
The aim of this study was to assess the physical growth of schoolchildren from Argentina by comparis...
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and hea...
Background: Since no growth standards for adolescents exist and a single reference applicable everyw...
Objective: To describe the prevalence of overweight, obesity and being thin in adolescents of La Paz...
Background: There is no agreed criteria that establishes childhood obesity thresholds based on BMI, ...
La evaluación de la situación nutricional de los niños, depende en gran medida de las curvas de crec...
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and hea...
El uso del IMC es muy cuestionado, sobretodo, en poblaciones en fase de crecimiento que se caracteri...
Background: Studies in several countries comparing the performance of WHO references and their own n...
INTRODUCTION: The assessment of growth during childhood and adolescence is a critical component of h...
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and hea...
Assessments of whether children are thin (low body mass index for age) or overweight are based on bo...
OBJETIVO: Evaluar si el empleo de dos referencias distintas (internacional y nacional) ocasiona dife...
PAJUELO, Jaime y MEDRANO, Mery. El uso de diferentes poblaciones referenciales en el diagnóstico de...
Introduction and Objectives: The use of BMI is highly contested, especially in populations in which ...
The aim of this study was to assess the physical growth of schoolchildren from Argentina by comparis...
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and hea...
Background: Since no growth standards for adolescents exist and a single reference applicable everyw...
Objective: To describe the prevalence of overweight, obesity and being thin in adolescents of La Paz...
Background: There is no agreed criteria that establishes childhood obesity thresholds based on BMI, ...
La evaluación de la situación nutricional de los niños, depende en gran medida de las curvas de crec...
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and hea...
El uso del IMC es muy cuestionado, sobretodo, en poblaciones en fase de crecimiento que se caracteri...
Background: Studies in several countries comparing the performance of WHO references and their own n...
INTRODUCTION: The assessment of growth during childhood and adolescence is a critical component of h...
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and hea...
Assessments of whether children are thin (low body mass index for age) or overweight are based on bo...
OBJETIVO: Evaluar si el empleo de dos referencias distintas (internacional y nacional) ocasiona dife...
PAJUELO, Jaime y MEDRANO, Mery. El uso de diferentes poblaciones referenciales en el diagnóstico de...
Introduction and Objectives: The use of BMI is highly contested, especially in populations in which ...
The aim of this study was to assess the physical growth of schoolchildren from Argentina by comparis...
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and hea...