Abstract
The new curves are closely aligned with the WHO Child Growth Standards at 5 years, and the recommended adult cut-offs for overweight and obesity at 19 years. They fill the gap in growth curves and provide an appropriate reference for the 5 to 19 years age group.
Keywords
OverweightBody mass indexHealth statisticsDemographyMedicineObesityChildhood obesityConfidence intervalStatisticsGrowth curve (statistics)Standard scoreStandard deviationSample size determinationPediatricsGerontologyMathematicsPopulationEnvironmental health
Affiliated Institutions
Related Publications
Limitations of the Current World Health Organization Growth References for Children and Adolescents
Since the 1970s, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of the growth references developed by the United States National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)...
British 1990 growth reference centiles for weight, height, body mass index and head circumference fitted by maximum penalized likelihood
To update the British growth reference, anthropometric data for weight, height, body mass index (weight/height) and head circumference from 17 distinct surveys representative of...
Defining obesity risk status in the general childhood population: Which cut-offs should we use?
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size DisclaimerMercedes de Onis is a staff member of the World Health Organization. The author alone is responsible for the v...
Changes in terminology for childhood overweight and obesity.
A variety of different terms, metrics, and cut-off values have been used to describe and assess overweight and obesity in children. Body mass index (BMI) calculated as weight in...
British 1990 growth reference centiles for weight, height, body mass index and head circumference fitted by maximum penalized likelihood
To update the British growth reference, anthropometric data for weight, height, body mass index (weight/height2) and head circumference from 17 distinct surveys representative o...
Publication Info
- Year
- 2007
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 09
- Pages
- 660-667
- Citations
- 8329
- Access
- Closed
External Links
Social Impact
Altmetric
PlumX Metrics
Social media, news, blog, policy document mentions
Citation Metrics
8329
OpenAlex
Cite This
Mercedes de Onís
(2007).
Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
, 85
(09)
, 660-667.
https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.07.043497
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.2471/blt.07.043497