The new normative pediatric BP tables are now based on normal-weight children. Unlike the previous tables, these BP reference values do not include children and adolescents with overweight and obesity ...
These simply represent the average weight, height, or head circumference of a bunch of normal children. You will see the percentile lines on the chart running parallel to each other. The ...
As children and young people are still growing, underweight, normal weight and overweight cannot be defined properly as in the case of adults. The BMI for children is also gender-related. The margins ...
We know adults can be easily influenced by what they believe to be a "normal" body shape, but it turns out children start ...
What we think of as “normal” body shape is affected ... we can see the same effects with body weight that we see with face shape in adults and children. If we are shown a lot of heavy bodies ...
Two-thirds of children classified BMI-overweight had normal fat estimated with waist-to-height ratio
Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.
Pediatrics 2004; 114(2 Suppl 4th Report): 555-76. Rosner B, Cook N, Portman R, Daniels S, Falkner B. Determination of blood pressure percentiles in normal-weight children: some methodological issues.
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