Overweight and obesity in children. A brief review

Overweight and obesity are conditions of excessive body fat accumulation. In clinical practice, child and adolescent overweight and obesity are commonly identified by age- and gender-specific body mass index (BMI) percentiles, BMI standard deviation scores, and waist circumference (WC) percentiles r...

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Main Authors: Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Antonietta Messina, Marcellino Monda, Giovanni Messina, Vincenzo Monda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edizioni Universitarie Romane 2020-01-01
Series:Giornale italiano di educazione alla salute, sport e didattica inclusiva
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Online Access:http://ojs.gsdjournal.it/index.php/gsdj/article/view/160