Body fat reference curves for children

摘要: Objective: To refine the diagnosis of childhood obesity by creating new sex-specific centile curves for body fat and to base these references on a simple affordable method that could be widely adopted in clinical practice surveys. Design: Body was measured bio-impedance 1985 Caucasian children aged 5-18 years from schools Southern England. Smoothed charts were derived using LMS method. Results: The reflect known differences development adiposity between boys girls. are similar sex until puberty but then diverge markedly, with males proportionately decreasing females continuing gain. These not revealed existing based mass index. We present which cutoffs define regions 'underfat', 'normal', 'overfat' 'obese' set at 2nd, 85th 95th centiles. have been designed yield proportions overweight/overfat obese IOTF index cutoffs. Conclusions: Direct assessment adiposity, component overweight leads pathology, represents significant advance over Our will published Child Growth Foundation monitoring fat, along software convert individual measurements Z-scores.