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13. References and Resources

REFERENCES

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Daniels SR, Khoury PR, Morrison JA. The utility of body mass index as a measure of body fatness in children and adolescents: differences by race and gender. Pediatrics 1997; 99 (6); 804-807.

Dietz, WH and Bellizzi, MC. Introduction: the use of BMI to assess obesity in children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999; 70(suppl):123s-5s.

Freedman DS, Dietz WH, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. The relation of overweight to cardiovascular risk factors among children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics 1999; 103:1175-1182

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Whitaker RC, Pepe MS, Wright JA, Seidel KD, Dietz WH. Early adiposity rebound and the risk of adult obesity. Pediatrics 1998; 101(5): URL:http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/101-3/e5.

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World Health Organization Expert Committee on Physical Status. The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry. Physical Status: Report of a WHO Expert Committee: WHO Technical Report Series 854, WHO, Geneva, 1996.

 

RESOURCES

CDC Table for Calculated Body Mass Index Values for Selected Heights and Weights for Ages 2 to 20: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/00binaries/bmi-tables.pdf

Epi Info 2000 with NUTSTAT: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/

Instruction sheet for CDC Growth Charts

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