CUT OFF VALUES FOR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE TO PREDICT OVERWEIGHT IN BRAZILIAN ADOLESCENTS, ACCORDING TO PUBERTAL STAGING.

Ivete Alves Dos Santos Maria Aparecida Zanetti Passos Isa de Pádua Cintra Sampaio Mauro Fisberg Roberta de Lucena Ferreti Aline Ganen de Piano Ganen

Published in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2018)

The establishment of cut off points for waist circumference according to pubertal staging was proven a good means to identify overweight. These cut off points can be considered reliable for the Brazilian adolescent population, as the isolated use of chronological age in adolescents may underestimate their nutritional status.

Keyphrases

body mass index
physical activity
young adults
weight gain
body weight
lymph node
weight loss
pet ct
childhood cancer