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Health-based obesity definition classifies fewer children and adolescents than BMI
Medical Xpress says incomplete diagnostic data leave the true prevalence of childhood obesity uncertain.
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Medical Xpress reports that a health-based definition classifies 2.1%–4.9% of children and adolescents as having obesity, compared with 7%–10.8% using BMI. Incomplete diagnostic data leave the true prevalence uncertain.
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