The performance of mid-upper arm circumference for identifying children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Binyam Girma Sisay Hamid Yimam HassenBeshada Rago JimaEvan AtlantisSeifu Hagos Gebreyesus

Published in: Public health nutrition (2022)

In comparison with BMI, MUAC has an excellent performance to identify overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. However, no sufficient evidence on the performance of MUAC compared with gold standard measures of adiposity. Future research should compare performance of MUAC to the 'golden standard' measure of excess adiposity.

Keyphrases

body mass index
weight gain
insulin resistance
current status
type diabetes
body weight