Identifying obesity/overweight status in children and adolescents; A cross-sectional medical record review of physicians' weight screening practice in outpatient clinics, Saudi Arabia.

Identifying obesity/overweight status in children and adolescents; A cross-sectional medical record review of physicians' weight screening practice in outpatient clinics, Saudi Arabia.

<h4>Background</h4>BMI is a feasible and recommended measure for overweight and obesity screening in children and adolescents. The study aimed to determine how often physicians correctly identified obesity/ overweight status in children and adolescents by using BMI percentile charts.<...

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Main Authors:	Maliha Nasim, Mohammed Aldamry, Aamir Omair, Fadia AlBuhairan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215697

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