Body fat percentages measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry corresponding to recently recommended body mass index cutoffs for overweight and obesity in children and adolescents aged 3–18 y

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 1416 - 1421
• Main Authors: Taylor, Rachael W, Jones, Ianthe E, Williams, Sheila M, Goulding, Ailsa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD American Society for Clinical Nutrition 01.12.2002
• Subjects: Absorptiometry, Photon; Adipose Tissue; Adolescent; adolescents; adults; Biological and medical sciences; Body Composition; body fat; Body Mass Index; Child; Child, Preschool; childhood obesity; children; diagnosis; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; epidemiology; equations; Female; females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; girls; Hemodynamics. Rheology; Humans; Male; males; Obesity; Obesity - diagnosis; Obesity - epidemiology; Reference Values; Sex Characteristics; Vertebrates: cardiovascular system; Human; Obesity; Adipose tissue; adolescents; Anthropometry; Nutrition disorder; Corporal biometry; Body composition; Overweight; Body mass index; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; X ray absorption spectrometry; School age; children; Dual energy absorptiometry; Adolescent; Percentage body fat; Diagnosis; Child; Nutritional status

Background: Body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) cutoffs for use with children and adolescents aged 2-18 y that correspond to the well-accepted BMI cutoffs for overweight (greater than 25 but < 30) and obesity (≥ 30) in adults were published recently. Objective: The objective was to estimate the perce...