PMID- 20029380
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101027
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1476-5497 (Electronic)
IS  - 0307-0565 (Linking)
VI  - 34
IP  - 4
DP  - 2010 Apr
TI  - Insufficient evidence to support separate BMI definitions for obesity in children 
      and adolescents from south Asian ethnic groups in the UK.
PG  - 656-8
LID - 10.1038/ijo.2009.237 [doi]
AB  - Re-evaluation of adult obesity thresholds in some ethnic groups has led to the 
      questioning of childhood obesity thresholds. An expert group was convened to 
      examine the representativeness of childhood obesity definitions, evidence for 
      ethnic differences in body composition in UK children and the extent of 
      misclassification of adiposity by current body mass index (BMI) thresholds in 
      south Asian and black groups. The group concluded that the current International 
      Obesity Task Force (IOTF) definitions remained the most appropriate for use in 
      the United Kingdom, but further research was needed on the relationship of body 
      shape, fat mass, metabolic markers and ethnicity in children and adolescents.
FAU - Viner, R M
AU  - Viner RM
AD  - General and Adolescent Paediatrics Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, 
      UK. rviner@ich.ucl.ac.uk
FAU - Cole, Tim J
AU  - Cole TJ
FAU - Fry, T
AU  - Fry T
FAU - Gupta, S
AU  - Gupta S
FAU - Kinra, S
AU  - Kinra S
FAU - McCarthy, D
AU  - McCarthy D
FAU - Saxena, S
AU  - Saxena S
FAU - Taylor, S
AU  - Taylor S
FAU - Wells, J C K
AU  - Wells JC
FAU - Whincup, P
AU  - Whincup P
FAU - Zaman, M J S
AU  - Zaman MJ
LA  - eng
GR  - G0400546/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - G0700961/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - PDA/02/06/076/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20091222
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Obes (Lond)
JT  - International journal of obesity (2005)
JID - 101256108
SB  - IM
EIN - Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 May;34(5):945. Cole, Tim J [added]
MH  - Adiposity
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Asian People/*ethnology
MH  - Body Composition/physiology
MH  - Body Fat Distribution
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology/ethnology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Ethnicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/classification/epidemiology/*ethnology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - United Kingdom/epidemiology
EDAT- 2009/12/24 06:00
MHDA- 2010/10/28 06:00
CRDT- 2009/12/24 06:00
PHST- 2009/12/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/12/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/10/28 06:00 [medline]
AID - ijo2009237 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/ijo.2009.237 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Apr;34(4):656-8. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.237. Epub 2009 Dec 
      22.