ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2023

9. Obesity and Weight Regulation

An Old Question: How to Define Obesity in Children

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Martin Wabitsch, Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann, Christian Denzer, Melanie Schirmer, Julia von Schnurbein, Daniel Tews, Stefanie Zorn
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New Findings in Adipose Tissue

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9.1. Longitudinal changes in various BMI metrics and adiposity in 3- to 7-year-olds

DS Freedman , JG Woo , SR Daniels

Brief summary: Freedman et al. studied a cohort of n=343 preschool children (age 3-7 years) with a wide range of BMI to test the ability of 3 BMI metrics (BMI z-scores, percentage of the 50th and 95th percentile in CDC growth charts) to assess adiposity change (change in body fatness) over 4 years. They showed that changes in adiposity among young children are better captured by expressing changes in BMI as percentage of the 50th or 95th percenti...
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