BODYFAT: a new calculator to determine the risk of being overweight validated in Spanish children between 11 and 17 years of age.

María Victoria Martín-MiguelMaría Victoria Delgado-MartínCarolina Barreiro-ArceizAna Goicoechea-CastañoSara Rodríguez-PastorizaClara González-FormosoMartín Fernández-PérezClara García-CendónJavier RocaAna Clavería

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2024)

• We provide a calculator whose validated algorithm, through the determination of fat mass by impedanciometry, makes it possible to determine the risk of overweight and obesity in the community setting, through anthropometric measurements, providing a new practical, accessible and reliable model that improves the classification of overweight and obesity in children with respect to that obtained by determining BMI.

Keyphrases

young adults
machine learning
deep learning
healthcare
adipose tissue
body mass index
weight gain
physical activity
weight loss
body composition
tandem mass spectrometry