• Presse Med · Mar 2000

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    [Obesity in the child].

    • M L Frelut and J Navarro.
    • Service de Gastro-entérologie et Nutrition pédiatriques, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris.
    • Presse Med. 2000 Mar 18; 29 (10): 572-7.

    AbstractThe prevalence of childhood obesity increases dramatically in all industrialized countries. As in adults, it is defined by an increase in fat mass. The United States seem to be facing the most difficult situation. However, rapid changes in the way of life leads to consider that, in a near future, as much as 25% of the children in Europe could be concerned as well. A new epidemiological tool designed by the International Obesity Task Force takes as reference criteria the body mass index and will allow comparisons between countries as well as it will take into account the physiological variations of fat mass during growth.

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