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BMI values and other anthropometric and functional measurements as predictors of obesity in a selected group of adolescents.
Eur J Nutr
March 2006
Dept of Health Sciences-Section of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine-University of Pavia, Via Bassi, 21, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Background: Obesity is well known to be a problem all over the world: WHO data report that one billion subjects are overweight and 300 million are obese. Epidemiological data (IOTF) show that prevalence rates are increasing not only in industrialized countries, but also in developing countries, especially as far as the adolescent population is concerned.
Aim Of The Study: To select adolescents at risk of obesity by BMI calculation and by other anthropometric and functional measurements in the Aosta Valley Mountain Region (Northern Italy).