Prevalence of abdominal obesity in Spanish children and adolescents. Do we need waist circumference measurements in pediatric practice?

BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that central adiposity has increased to a higher degree than general adiposity in children and adolescents in recent decades. However, waist circumference is not a routine measurement in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of abdo...

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Main Authors: Helmut Schröder, Lourdes Ribas, Corinna Koebnick, Anna Funtikova, Santiago F Gomez, Montserat Fíto, Carmen Perez-Rodrigo, Lluis Serra-Majem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3903726?pdf=render