Performance of mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying adolescents with overweight and obesity.

Binyam Girma SisayDemewoz HaileHamid Yimam Hassen Seifu Hagos Gebreyesus

Published in: PloS one (2020)

MUAC has relatively equivalent accuracy with BMI Z score to identify overweight and obesity in adolescents. Hence, MUAC could be used as an alternative tool for surveillance and screening of overweight in adolescents aged 15-19 years.

Keyphrases

young adults
physical activity
body mass index
public health
weight gain
weight loss
body weight