Rethinking the Use of Body Mass Index z-Score in Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity: Time to Kick It to the Curb?

J Pediatr. 2017 Sep:188:7-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.05.003. Epub 2017 Jun 7.

Authors

Aaron S Kelly¹, Stephen R Daniels²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine University of Minnesota Medical School, and University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² Department of Pediatrics University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colorado. Electronic address: stephen.daniels@childrenscolorado.org.

PMID: 28601360
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.05.003

No abstract available

Keywords: BMI z-score; severe obesity.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Body Mass Index*
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Obesity
Obesity, Morbid*
Risk Factors