| Title |
Defining Body Fatness in Adolescents: A Proposal of the Afad-A Classification
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0055849 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
María del Mar Bibiloni, Antoni Pons, Josep A. Tur |
| Abstract |
Body mass index (BMI) shows several limitations as indicator of fatness. Using the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) reference and the World Health Organization (WHO) standard 2007 on the same dataset yielded widely different rates. At higher levels, BMI and the BMI cut-offs may be help in informing a clinical judgement, but at levels near the norm additional criteria may be needed. This study compares the prevalence of overweight and obesity using IOTF and WHO-2007 references and interprets body composition by comparing measures of BMI and body fatness (fat mass index, FMI; and waist-to-height ratio, WHtR) among an adolescent population. |
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| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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| Italy | 1 | <1% |
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| Student > Master | 19 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Researcher | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 19% |
| Unknown | 21 | 20% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 17% |
| Unknown | 23 | 22% |