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Could There Be a Better Way to Estimate Body Fat Levels in Children, Adolescents?

by Traci Bratton

May 16, 2017
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The article by Courtney M. Peterson, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and coauthors suggests it may be worth considering replacing BMI z scores with TMI to screen for obesity and overweight status in children and adolescents.

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