Sentences with phrase «obese cut points»

Finally, to examine possible threshold and nonlinear relationships that might cut across current overweight and obese cut points, locally weighted regression techniques were used to generate lines of best fit for the relationships between BMI z scores and PedsQL total, summary, and subscale scores that differed significantly by weight category; P <.05 was considered significant.

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Of these children, 15 % could be considered overweight or obese according to the cut - off points of the International Obesity Task Force [34].

Using cut - off points derived from internationally collected data, BMI values can be used to indicate the proportion of children who are underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese.

We dichotomized weight status as overweight / obese or normal weight based on the International Obesity Task Force cut - points [50].