<title language="spa">Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en el noroeste de México por tres referencias de índice de masa corporal: diferencias en la clasificación

The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children from northwest of Mexico based on BMI/age and three criteria of growth reference standards. Six hundred and four children, 6 to 10 years of age, from 17 municipalities of the state of Sonora were measured...

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Main Authors: Erik Ramírez, María Isabel Grijalva-Haro, José Antonio Ponce, Mauro E. Valencia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición 2006-09-01
Series:Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición
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Online Access:http://wwww.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-06222006000300007