Body Mass Index Cut-offs for Screening for Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Indian Children.
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2012-01
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Abstract
Objective: To develop age and sex specific cut- offs for
BMI to screen for overweight and obesity in Indian children
linked to an adult BMI of 23 and 28 kg/m2 respectively,
using contemporary Indian data.
Design: Cross-sectional.
Setting: Multicentric, School based.
Participants: 19834 children were measured from 11
affluent schools from five major geographical regions of
India. Data were analyzed using the LMS method, which
constructs growth reference percentiles adjusted for
skewness.
Results: Compared to the cut-offs suggested for
European populations and those by the Indian Academy
of Pediatrics 2007 Guidelines, the age and sex specific cut
off points for body mass index for overweight and obesity
for Indian children suggested by this study are lower.
Conclusions: Contemporary cross-sectional age and sex
specific BMI cut-offs for Indian children linked to Asian cutoffs
of 23 and 28 kg/m2 for the assessment of risk of
overweight and obesity, respectively are presented.
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Adult equivalent BMI, Childhood, Cut-off, India, Obesity, Overweight
Citation
Khadilkar V V, Khadilkar A V, Borade A B, Chiplonkar S A. Body Mass Index Cut-offs for Screening for Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Indian Children. Indian Pediatrics. 2012 January; 49(1): 29-34.