Diagnostic performance of anthropometric indicators used to assess excess body fat in adolescence.
Nelma Maria Neves AntunesMarise Fagundes da SilveiraRosângela Ramos Veloso SilvaJosiane Santos Brant RochaFernanda Piana Santos Lima de OliveiraSélen Jaqueline Souza RuasFabiana Aparecida Maia BorboremaJose Henrique Pinto DuarteCarolina Amaral Oliveira RodriguesMaria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo BritoAntônio Prates CaldeiraLucineia de PinhoPublished in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2022)
BMI, WtHR, and WC were the best anthropometric indicators to predict excess BF in adolescents and had the best correlation coefficients. These tools can be considered in the screening to detect excess BF in adolescents.