Evaluation of Alternative Body Mass Index (BMI) Metrics to Monitor Weight Status in Children and Adolescents With Extremely High BMI Using CDC BMI-for-age Growth Charts

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• Personal Author:
  Hales, Craig, M. ; Freedman, David, S. ; Akinbami, Lara ; Wei, Rong ; Ogden, Cynthia, L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Public health report evaluating eight alternative BMI metrics for monitoring weight status in children and adolescents with extremely high BMI.
• Subjects:
  Data Collection Health Surveys Surveys And Questionnaires Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  obesity, overweight, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• Source:
  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  42 Pages
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  197
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:38c053d44eb328df1a67b58a7e878f3b105d3d9dfa95a2529d7901c02c799069b530212a1081f5f563a35291b143f985c3bc95fc982ff91a2d56a41ff6dc10d9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121711/cdc_121711_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.73 MB ]