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dc.contributor.authorLiu, Ailing
dc.contributor.authorM. Byrne, Nuala
dc.contributor.authorKagawa, Masaharu
dc.contributor.authorMa, Guansheng
dc.contributor.authorPoh, Bee Koon
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, Mohammad Noor
dc.contributor.authorKijboonchoo, Kallaya
dc.contributor.authorNasreddine, Lara
dc.contributor.authorTrinidad, Trinidad Palad
dc.contributor.authorP. Hills, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:37:11Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:37:11Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2013-05-30T04:16:38Z
dc.identifier.issn0007-1145
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0007114511001681
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44244
dc.description.abstractOverweight and obesity in Asian children are increasing at an alarming rate; therefore a better understanding of the relationship between BMI and percentage body fat (%BF) in this population is important. A total of 1039 children aged 8-10 years, encompassing a wide BMI range, were recruited from China, Lebanon, Malaysia, The Philippines and Thailand. Body composition was determined using the 2H dilution technique to quantify total body water and subsequently fat mass, fat-free mass and %BF. Ethnic differences in the BMI-%BF relationship were found; for example, %BF in Filipino boys was approximately 2% lower than in their Thai and Malay counterparts. In contrast, Thai girls had approximately 2簥 higher %BF values than in their Chinese, Lebanese, Filipino and Malay counterparts at a given BMI. However, the ethnic difference in the BMI-%BF relationship varied by BMI. Compared with Caucasian children of the same age, Asian children had 3-6 units lower BMI at a given %BF. Approximately one-third of the obese Asian children (%BF above 25% for boys and above 30% for girls) in the study were not identified using the WHO classification and more than half using the International Obesity Task Force classification. Use of the Chinese classification increased the sensitivity. Results confirmed the necessity to consider ethnic differences in body composition when developing BMI cut-points and other obesity criteria in Asian children.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1390
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1397
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Nutrition
dc.relation.ispartofvolume106
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPaediatrics and Reproductive Medicine not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAnimal Production
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFood Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNutrition and Dietetics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111499
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0702
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0908
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1111
dc.titleEthnic differences in the relationship between body mass index and percentage body fat among Asian children from different backgrounds
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorHills, Andrew


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