| Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey (2007) | |||||||||||
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| OBJECTIVE: To determine cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents, based on body mass index at age 18 years. DESIGN: International survey of six large nationally representative cross sectional studies on growth. SETTING: Brazil, Great Britain, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the United States. SUBJECTS: 97 876 males and 94 851 females from birth to 25 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Body mass index (BMI, weight/height(2)). RESULTS: The World Health Organization defines grade 2 thinness in adults as BMI | |||||||||||
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