Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany. KiGGS Wave 2 results according to international reference systems

Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany. KiGGS Wave 2 results according to international reference systems

In Germany, the reference system according to Kromeyer-Hauschild is usually used to define underweight, overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. International classification systems to describe prevalence are the reference systems of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Internation...

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Main Authors:	Anja Schienkiewitz, Stefan Damerow, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Robert Koch Institute 2018-09-01
Series:	Journal of Health Monitoring
Subjects:	underweight overweight obesity international reference systems iotf who health monitoring
Online Access:	https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Health_Reporting/GBEDownloadsJ/ConceptsMethods_en/JoHM_03_2018_Weight_Reference_Systems_KiGGS-Wave2.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

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