Classifying Preadolescent Boys Based on Their Weight Status and Percent Body Fat Produces Different Groups

Body fat reference curves for healthy Turkish children and adolescents

“…On the contrary high body mass index does not indicate high body fat content or a body fat distribution disorder [1,2]. In both conditions mentioned above, BIA may be a reliable alternative method to be used in routine clinical practice [25].…”

Neck and Waist Circumference Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Risk in a Cohort of Predominantly African-American College Students: A Preliminary Study

“…The emergence of school-based health screening as a prevention strategy relies primarily on body mass index (BMI) to categorize body weight and health risk because it is relatively easy to obtain. However, BMI is an imprecise surrogate measure of obesity, which raises concerns that some healthy-weight individuals with large lean body mass are mislabeled as overweight or obese [1, 2]. Screening tools that include additional biomarkers may yield better predictive value for hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and help identify those individuals who may benefit from more in-depth assessment.…”

Body Fat Percentile Curves for Korean Children and Adolescents: A Data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2010

“…However, many studies addressed its limitation for representing the body fat and a considerable level of misclassification (8-13). They found that the accuracy of BMI was dependent on degree of fatness in growing children (9-13). Thus, recently several countries have measured body fat by whole-body, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioelectrical impedance analysis or skinfold measurement in children and adolescents and tried to provide its age- and gender-specific percentile values for references (13-18).…”