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DOI: 10.1016/j.endoen.2012.12.006
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Reference values of waist circumference and waist/hip ratio in children and adolescents of Mérida, Venezuela: Comparison with international references

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“… 8 In contrast, two other investigations had cut-off points subtly lower for girls compared to our findings for this gender. 31 , 32 National studies conducted with adolescents have also reported WC cut-off points similar to ours. 10 , 33 Thus, together, these results suggest WC to be an important anthropometric indicator of overweight, but this measure should be evaluated as linked to the pubertal development phases of subjects, and also considering the ethnicity of the studied population.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“… 8 In contrast, two other investigations had cut-off points subtly lower for girls compared to our findings for this gender. 31 , 32 National studies conducted with adolescents have also reported WC cut-off points similar to ours. 10 , 33 Thus, together, these results suggest WC to be an important anthropometric indicator of overweight, but this measure should be evaluated as linked to the pubertal development phases of subjects, and also considering the ethnicity of the studied population.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…This last was used as an indirect marker of intra-abdominal obesity [ 41 ]. The recommendations from Mederico et al [ 42 ] were followed for the measurements.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Las principales dificultades encontradas en el proceso de evaluación formativa tanto de estudiantes como docentes universitarios son que no se aplica el concepto de evaluación formativa ya que hay desconocimiento de la retroalimentación, las evaluaciones no guardan relación con el currículo planteado en una o varias materias, para los estudiantes es difícil trabajar en equipo o de manera compartida, ya que se hace difícil consensuar, el estudiantado no se involucra en las evaluaciones , siempre espera la evaluación tradicional, y cuando es formativa las actividades permanecen latentes hasta que culmine el periodo académico haciéndose difícil la culminación o causar agotamiento por cumplir las actividades propuestas coincidiendo con la investigación de Martínez (2013).…”
Section: Resultsunclassified
“…En la evaluación antropométrica se utilizó: índice de masa corporal, la circunferencia de la cintura (CC), la índice cintura/cadera (Ci/Ca) y cintura/talla (CC/talla). El índice de masa corporal es ampliamente utilizado como una medida para evaluar el impacto de la obesidad Mederico et al (2013).…”
Section: Evaluación Antropométricaunclassified
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