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The prevalence of overweight/obesity among 6000 children at 7–12 years was monitored using the established methodologies. Prevalence rates obtained using percentiles were proximate to that using waist-to-height ratio (WHTR) 0.50 and were on par with the reported rates. The prevalence were worked out with WHTR values from 0.45 to 0.53 and compared with percentiles. The minimum per cent deviation of...
Objective To develop age and sex specific cut-offs for BMI to screen for overweight and obesity in Indian children linked to an adult BMI of 23 and 28 kg/m2 respectively, using contemporary Indian data. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Multicentric, School based. Participants 19834 children were measured from 11 affluent schools from five major geographical regions of India. Data were analyzed...
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