Neck Circumference to Assess Obesity in Preschool Children

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KONDOLOT M., Horoz D., Poyrazoğlu S., BORLU A., ÖZTÜRK A., Kurtoglu S., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.17-23, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 1
• Basım Tarihi: 2017
• Doi Numarası: 10.4274/jcrpe.3525
• Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.17-23
• Anahtar Kelimeler: Preschool children, obesity, neck circumference, percentiles, cut-offs
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Limited information is available about the use of neck circumference (NC) to assess obesity in preschool children. This study aims to provide NC percentiles and determine the cut-off levels of NC as a measure to assess obesity in preschool children.