New Childhood Obesity Calculation (IMAGE)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

New Childhood Obesity Calculation

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These new findings are timely as diagnosing, treating and tracking the prevalence of children and adolescents with obesity is a high public health priority. Moreover, many school districts are sending home report cards labeling adolescents as overweight -- a practice that has been controversial because children and adolescents tend to be more vulnerable to weight bias and fat shaming than adults.

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