Obesity

Children's body mass index predicts overweight or obesity in adulthood

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 22nd, 2002

Body mass index, or BMI, provides a guideline based on weight and height to determine underweight and overweight. Recently, BMI-for-age growth charts used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been revised for young males and females aged 2-20 years, due to continued concern about the high prevalence of overweight and obesity among U.S. children.

Previously a BMI of at least 26 for men and 28 for women was considered overweight, whereas now a BMI of 25 is considered overweight for both sexes. Publishing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Guo et al. used the new guidelines for children and adolescents to estimate the probability...

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