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OverweightAnthropometryBody mass indexMedicinePercentileObesityChildhood obesityHealth statisticsPediatricsDemographyWeight gainGrowth chartStandard scoreBody weightEnvironmental healthPopulationStatisticsMathematicsInternal medicine
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- 2004
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- S3
- Pages
- S81-S85
- Citations
- 103
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Mercedes de Onís
(2004).
The use of anthropometry in the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity.
International Journal of Obesity
, 28
(S3)
, S81-S85.
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802810
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- DOI
- 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802810