PMID- 25345083
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141118
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1565-4753 (Print)
IS  - 1565-4753 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014 Sep
TI  - Body mass index and waist circumference to define thinness, overweight and 
      obesity in Portuguese adolescents: comparison between CDC, IOTF, WHO references.
PG  - 35-41
AB  - OBJECTIVES: This study compared the criteria or classification of Body Mass Index 
      (BMI) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), International Obesity 
      Task Force (IOTF) and World Health Organization (WHO) references and by waist 
      circumference (WC). METHODS: The sample involved 966 students aged 10 to 16 
      years. The evaluation of weight status was verified according to CDC, IOTF, WHO 
      criteria and WC curves for Portuguese adolescents. RESULTS: For classification of 
      overweight and obesity, the agreement between the criteria of CDC and IOTF was 
      the and WC (K = 0.34). In regard to evaluation of thinness, the agreement between 
      all criteria of BMI was considered moderated to fair (K = 0.33-0.51) and a poor 
      level of agreement between the BMI and WC (K = 0.14-0.16). CONCLUSION: The 
      highest level of agreement for thinness, overweight and obesity classification in 
      adolescents was obtained with the IOTF and CDC criteria.
FAU - Minghelli, Beatriz
AU  - Minghelli B
FAU - Nunes, Carla
AU  - Nunes C
FAU - Oliveira, Raul
AU  - Oliveira R
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Israel
TA  - Pediatr Endocrinol Rev
JT  - Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER
JID - 101202124
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Composition
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/classification/*diagnosis
MH  - Overweight/classification/*diagnosis
MH  - Portugal
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Thinness/classification/*diagnosis
MH  - United States
MH  - *Waist Circumference
MH  - World Health Organization
EDAT- 2014/10/28 06:00
MHDA- 2014/11/19 06:00
CRDT- 2014/10/28 06:00
PHST- 2014/10/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/10/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/11/19 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2014 Sep;12(1):35-41.