Concordance of obesity classification between body mass index and percent body fat among school children in Saudi Arabia

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Abdulrahman Al-Mohaimeed
Saifuddin Ahmed
Khadiga Dandash
Mohammed Saleh Ismail
Nazmus Saquib
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[1] College of Medicine,Family and Community Medicine Department
[2] Qassim University,Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health and Department of Biostatistics
[3] Bloomberg School of Public Health,Food Science & Human Nutrition Department
[4] Johns Hopkins University,undefined
[5] College of Agriculture and Veterinary,undefined
[6] Qassim University,undefined
[7] College of Medicine,undefined
[8] Sulaiman AlRajhi Colleges,undefined
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BMC Pediatrics | / 15卷
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Children; Anthropometry; Body mass index; BMI; Percent body fat; Saudi Arabia; Obesity; Near infrared reactance; NIR;
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