Severe Obesity Defined by Percentiles of WHO and Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth with Obesity

Severe Obesity Defined by Percentiles of WHO and Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth with Obesity

<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The pediatric definition of severe obesity (OB) depends on the body mass index (BMI) references. We evaluated different BMI-derived metrics of the World Health Organization (WHO) system to define which cut-off is associated with the highest cardiometabolic r...

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Main Authors: Giuliana Valerio, Procolo Di Bonito, Anna Di Sessa, Giada Ballarin, Valeria Calcaterra, Domenico Corica, Maria Felicia Faienza, Francesca Franco, Maria Rosaria Licenziati, Claudio Maffeis, Giulio Maltoni, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Anita Morandi, Enza Mozzillo, Malgorzata Wasniewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Children
Subjects:
body mass index z-score
cardiometabolic risk
severe obesity
international obesity task force
world health organization
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/11/1345
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