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Fig. 2 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Fig. 2

From: Cardiovascular morbidity, diabetes and cancer risk among children and adolescents with severe obesity

Fig. 2

Commonly used definitions for childhood severe obesity. AMA: American Medical Association; HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administrations; CDC: Centers for Disease Control; AHA: American Heart Association; NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. *Age-specific and sex-specific BMI. The table shows characteristics of commonly used definitions. The chart presents the distribution of the use of the definitions by year of publication

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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