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    Body Compositionin Children and Adolescents Residing in Southern Europe: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Accordingto Different International References
    (Frontiers Media, 2019-02-19) López Sánchez, Guillermo Felipe; Sgroi, Maurizio; Díaz Suárez, Arturo; D’Ottavio, Stefano; González-Víllora, Sixto; Veronese, Nicola; Smith, Lee; Ciencias Sociosanitarias
    The objectivewastoanalyzebodycompositioninchildrenandadolescentsofSouthern Europetoidentifyprevalenceofoverweightandobesity.Thisinvestigationinvolved512 girls and488boysbetween7-to19-years.VariablesevaluatedwereBodyMassIndex (BMI) andFatMass(FM;electricalbioimpedance).Thereferencesusedtoestablish prevalenceaccordingtoBMIwerethoseoftheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO) and theInternationalObesityTaskForce(IOTF);inthecaseofFM,theChildGrowth Foundation (CGF)referencewasused.Thereweresignificantdifferences(p < 0.05) in theprevalenceofoverweightandobesitybetweenthethreeclassifications(32.3% accordingtoIOTF,37.3%accordingtoWHO,and39.8%accordingtoCGF),being higher inmales.WHO-IOTFconcordancewassubstantial(kappa=0.793),whereas concordancesWHO-CGF(kappa=0.504)andIOTF-CGF(kappa=0.447)were moderate. Theauthorsrecommendevaluatingoverweightandobesitynotonlywith BMI, butalsowithFM,andalwaysspecifythereferencesused