Monitoring children and adolescents with severe obesity: body mass index (BMI), BMI z-score or percentage above the International Obesity Task Force overweight cut-off?

Hanne L LøklingMathieu RoelantsKristin G KommedalHanna SkjåkødegårdEllen M ApalsetBeate BenestadMette H MorkenJøran HjelmesaethPetur Benedikt Júlíusson

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2019)

Changes in the BMI metrics included in the study are associated differently with changes in %BF-DXA. The BMI z-score is widely used to monitor changes in adiposity in children and adolescents with severe obesity, but the %IOTF-25 might be a better alternative.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
weight loss
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
physical activity
high fat diet induced
body composition
adipose tissue
computed tomography
bone mineral density
magnetic resonance
magnetic resonance imaging
postmenopausal women
contrast enhanced