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Clinical Tracking of Severely Obese Children: A New Growth Chart

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts are unable to accurately define and display BMI percentiles beyond the 97th percentile. At Children's Hospital Colorado, we created new growth charts that allow clinicians to track and visualize BMI values in severely obese children. This growth chart defines a child's BMI as a "percentage of the 95th percentile." It has the potential to allow clinicians to define subgroups of severe obesity, monitor trends in obese children, and measure treatment success or failure.

Source: PEDIATRICS

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0596

Authors: Alka K. Gulati, David W. Kaplan, Stephen R. Daniels

Institutions: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz, The Ohio State University

Language: English

Topic: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Children's Hospital Colorado, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases