SynthesisInternational journal of obesity (2005)2017
Body mass index adjustments to increase the validity of body fatness assessment in UK Black African and South Asian children.
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- Development and validation of a prediction model for fat mass in children and adolescents: meta-analysis using individual participant data.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Pooled it
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index in Defining Childhood Obesity: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data from Ghanaian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
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- The MapMe Body Scales: Validity and Reliability of a Biometrically Accurate, Photorealistic Set of Child Body Size Scales.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- BMI Growth Profiles Among Black Children from Immigrant and US-Born Families.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Inequalities in children's tooth decay requiring dental extraction under general anaesthetic: a longitudinal study using linked electronic health records.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Childhood Obesity and Its Comorbidities in High-Risk Minority Populations: Prevalence, Prevention and Lifestyle Intervention Guidelines.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Is obesity more likely among children sharing a household with an older child with obesity? Cross-sectional study of linked National Child Measurement Programme data and electronic health records.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Infant Body Composition in an Asian Pacific Islander Population.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- A Randomised Control Trial Investigating the Efficacy of the MapMe Intervention on Parental Ability to Correctly Categorise Overweight in Their Child and the Impact on Child BMI Z-Score Change at 1 Year.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Body composition data show that high BMI centiles overdiagnose obesity in children aged under 6 years.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Maternal Factors in Pregnancy and Ethnicity Influence Childhood Adiposity, Cardiac Structure, and Function.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Completeness and representativeness of body mass index in children's electronic general practice records: Linked cross-sectional study in an ethnically-diverse urban population in the United Kingdom.Pediatric obesity · 2021Article
- A cross-sectional study using the Childhood Measurement Programme for Wales to examine population-level risk factors associated with childhood obesity.Public health nutrition · 2021Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesBody mass index (BMI) (weight per height
methodsWe used data from four recent UK studies that made deuterium dilution BF measurements in UK children of White European, South Asian and Black African origins. A height-standardized fat mass index (FMI) was derived to represent BF. Linear regression models were then fitted, separately for boys and girls, to quantify ethnic differences in BMI-FMI relationships and to provide ethnic-specific BMI adjustments.
resultsWe restricted analyses to 4-12 year olds, to whom a single consistent FMI (fat mass per height
conclusionsBMI underestimated BF in South Asians and overestimated BF in Black Africans. Ethnic-specific adjustments, increasing BMI in South Asians and reducing BMI in Black Africans, can improve the accuracy of BF assessment in these children.
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