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Body mass index cutoff points for evaluation of nutritional status in Brazilian children and adolescents

Wolney Lisbôa Conde, Carlos Augusto Monteiro

Jornal de Pediatria · 2006 · 362 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

The classification system presented here can be used for clinical and epidemiological assessments, it is methodologically similar to the majority of national curves that have been presented to date and, furthermore, it offers a definition of underweight.

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