Is BMI a Valid Indicator of Overweight and Obesity for Adolescents?

Obesity measured as percent body fat, relationship with body mass index, and percentile curves for Mexican pediatric population

(2019) Paula Costa-Urrutia et al.   PLoS One

How accurate is the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents derived from self-reported data? A meta-analysis

(2018) Jinbo He et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

(2017) Leandra Abarca-Gómez et al.   LANCET

Overweight but unseen: a review of the underestimation of weight status and a visual normalization theory

(2017) E. Robinson   Obesity Reviews

Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002–2010: a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study

(2015) Frank J Elgar et al.   LANCET

Sexual Dimorphisms in the Associations of BMI and Body Fat with Indices of Pubertal Development in Girls and Boys

(2014) Melissa K. Crocker et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

(2014) Marie Ng et al.   LANCET

Prevalência de excesso de peso e obesidade abdominal, segundo parâmetros antropométricos, e associação com maturação sexual em adolescentes escolares

(2010) Isabel Carolina da Silva Pinto et al.   Cadernos de Saude Publica

Validity of BMI based on self-reported weight and height in adolescents

(2009) H Fonseca et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population

(2008) A Romero-Corral et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

BMI-related errors in the measurement of obesity

(2008) K J Rothman   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Link Between Body Fat and the Timing of Puberty

(2008) Paul B. Kaplowitz   PEDIATRICS