Child Nutritional Status—Alternative Metrics to Body Mass Index

E. Rush; L. Young; C. Cairncross

doi:10.3390/proceedings2019008033

Proceedings (Mar 2019)

Child Nutritional Status—Alternative Metrics to Body Mass Index

E. Rush,
L. Young,
C. Cairncross

Affiliations

E. Rush: AUT Food Network, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
L. Young: School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
C. Cairncross: School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019008033
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
p. 33

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Background: For children, body mass index, adjusted for age and gender is the globally acceptedmeasure of relative growth and risk of over and under-nutrition [...]

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ISSN: 2504-3900 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: General Works
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