Comparison of methods to measure body fat in 7-to-10-year-old children: a systematic review

Jensen, Natália Sanchez Oliveira; Camargo, T F B; Bergamaschi, Denise Pimentel

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2015.11.025

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“…Along with that, we agree with a recent systematic review [12] that concluded that, because BMI and WtHr are easy to obtain, harmless, and affordable, they are good techniques for clinical practice and epidemiological research.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…The significant p values reported in the studies included in this review only reinforce that two methods designed to measure the same variable are related [12,47]. In order to synthesize the results, the confidence intervals would have been more informative.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…On the other hand, anthropometric measures such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WtHr) can be easily-obtained and can serve as inexpensive tools to identify general obesity [12]. BMI has been largely used for the definition of obesity in children because it correlates well with body fat (BF) [13] and cardiovascular risk factors [14,15].…”

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Association between Body Mass Index, Waist-to-Height Ratio and Adiposity in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2016

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Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been suggested as the gold standard to define obesity, but because its use is complex and expensive, anthropometric measures such as body mass index (BMI) or the waist-to-height ratio (WtHr) have been used as alternatives. The aim of this study was to review the published literature and investigate the correlation of BMI and WtHr with body fat (BF) measured by DEXA in pediatric populations. References were sought in PubMed/Medline and Embase datasets. Five original articles, published between 2013 and 2015, were finally included in this review. Their sample size ranged from 83 to 5355, and the age of participants ranged from 4.9 to 19 years old. The most frequently reported association measurements were the coefficients of determination (R2), followed by correlation coefficients and least-squares regression coefficients. BF measured by DEXA was strongly correlated with both BMI (R2 ranging from 0.32 to 0.91) and WtHr (R2 ranging from 0.49 to 0.73). Thus, either BMI or WtHr may be useful to define obesity when more sophisticated techniques are not available. Our systematic review of the available literature found that neither index demonstrated superiority in assessing obesity in children.

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Association between Body Mass Index, Waist-to-Height Ratio and Adiposity in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2016

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“…To overcome this variability and also to determine, whether, WHtR really has any relationship with BMI, in determining the nutritional status, Pearson correlation was carried out, which showed a moderate correlation between the WHtR and BMI, similar to the study finding of a systematic review has also showed the moderate correlation. 12 Having a positive relationship between the BMI and WHtR, the preference for using WHtR as an anthropometric tool has to be encouraged, as the waist circumference, while effectively determines the visceral abdominal fat composition, WHtR with its single cut-off value also makes it easy for interpretation.…”

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BMI and WHtR in assessing the nutritional status of adolescent girls

Ramamani

Suganya

2018

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: In spite of the fact, that, Body mass index being a most commonly used epidemiological tool for the assessment of nutritional status, it does not measure the visceral adiposity, which is the indicator for future cardio-metabolic risk. Hence the study was planned to determine whether Waist height ratio, which is an effective tool in measuring the visceral adiposity, has any relationship with the BMI, in assessing the nutritional status.Methods: The cross sectional study was carried out among 980 school going adolescent girls, studying in class VI-XII standard, in the schools present in urban field practice area of Tagore Medical College and Hospital. Anthropometric assessment was done. BMI and WHtR was calculated, to assess the nutritional status. Relationship between BMI and WHtR was found.Results: The mean age of the participants was 14±2.9 years. Number of participants, who were normal, underweight, overweight, obese based on BMI values were 227, 5, 301, 447 respectively According to the WHtR, 560 (57%) of them were obese, while 420 (43%) were non-obese. Moderate correlation exists between BMI and WHtR, with r = 0.68.Conclusions: Waist height ratio having a positive correlation with the BMI in the assessment of nutritional status, preference of WHtR over BMI should be encouraged, as it also helps in measuring the visceral adiposity, which, is a potent risk factor for various metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.

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“…Las variables independientes que mejor estimaron la variabilidad de la masa grasa fueron el P (66%), PS (59%) y PT (55%). Estas variables fueron también reportadas en varias ecuaciones desarrolladas previamente (10,28,37,38). El valor de R2 fue de 0,89 y el SRMSE de 0,68 kg; estos resultados son mejores que los señalados en el estudio de Velázquez et al (10) el cual presentó un R2 de 0,72.…”

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Desarrollo Y Validación De Ecuaciones Para Estimar Composición Corporal en Niños De 4 a 6 Años De Uruguay.

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Aznarez²,

Santa³

2017

Rev. chil. nutr.

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Comparison of methods to measure body fat in 7-to-10-year-old children: a systematic review

Cited by 67 publications

References 43 publications

Association between Body Mass Index, Waist-to-Height Ratio and Adiposity in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Association between Body Mass Index, Waist-to-Height Ratio and Adiposity in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BMI and WHtR in assessing the nutritional status of adolescent girls

Desarrollo Y Validación De Ecuaciones Para Estimar Composición Corporal en Niños De 4 a 6 Años De Uruguay.

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