TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecuaciones para la evaluación de la composición corporal en niños y adolescentes
AU - Curilem-Gatica, Cristian
AU - Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fernando
AU - Almagià-Flores, Atilio
AU - Yuing-Farías, Tuillang
AU - Berral-De-la-Rosa, Francisco José
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Body mass index (BMI) is widely used in the world, despite caveats concerning its interpretation in relation to gender, age, and race. BMI reading is normally standardized, potentially producing error in the results and classification of nutritional status. Body composition provides more relevant information than BMI: fat mass and lean mass are the main indices. This paper reviews existing equations and proposes the simplest ones and those with the lowest estimation error to replace or complement BMI and improve interpretation of nutritional status and physical activity.
AB - Body mass index (BMI) is widely used in the world, despite caveats concerning its interpretation in relation to gender, age, and race. BMI reading is normally standardized, potentially producing error in the results and classification of nutritional status. Body composition provides more relevant information than BMI: fat mass and lean mass are the main indices. This paper reviews existing equations and proposes the simplest ones and those with the lowest estimation error to replace or complement BMI and improve interpretation of nutritional status and physical activity.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Body Composition
KW - Body Mass Index
KW - Child
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018586136&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/0102-311X00195314
DO - 10.1590/0102-311X00195314
M3 - Article
C2 - 27487445
AN - SCOPUS:85018586136
SN - 0102-311X
VL - 32
JO - Cadernos de saude publica
JF - Cadernos de saude publica
IS - 7
M1 - e00195314
ER -
