Metrics matter: Toward consensus reporting of BMI and weight‐related outcomes in pediatric obesity clinical trials
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BMI is relatively simple to measure in adults and functionally sums a variety of complex body indicators.
“BMI is relatively simple to measure in adults [4,5,6,7,8,9] and functionally sums a variety of complex body indicators.”
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Advantages and Limitations of the Body Mass Index (BMI) to Assess Adult Obesity
Wu, Y., Li, D., & Vermund, S. H. (2024) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph21060757 · Cited by 332 · see citing works
- Authors
- Ryder, J. R., Kelly, A. S., & Freedman, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ryder, Justin R.
- Venue
- Obesity
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2022-01-18
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 571-572
- ISSN
- 1930-7381 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-739X
- PMC
- PMC8866204
- OpenAlex
- W4206617147
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6
- FWCI
- 5.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Obesity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (CC999999)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Keywords
- childhood obesity, body mass index, weight-related outcomes, clinical trial reporting, outcome measurement
- MeSH terms
- Child, Consensus Statements as Topic, Humans, Body Mass Index, Benchmarking, Consensus, Pediatric Obesity
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