Predicting overweight and obesity in young adulthood from childhood body-mass index: comparison of cutoffs derived from longitudinal and cross-sectional data

<p><strong>Background</strong> Historically, cutoff points for childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity have been based on population-specific percentiles derived from cross-sectional data. To obtain cutoff points that might better predict overweight and obesity in young adu...

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Main Authors: Kartiosuo, N, Ramakrishnan, R, Lemeshow, S, Dwyer, T, Et al.
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019