What use is the BMI?

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An ecological systems approach to examining risk factors for early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Health (2008) 1.75

Utility of waist-to-height ratio in assessing the status of central obesity and related cardiometabolic risk profile among normal weight and overweight/obese children: the Bogalusa Heart Study. BMC Pediatr (2010) 1.72

Ethnic and gender differences in body fat in British schoolchildren as measured by DXA. Arch Dis Child (2007) 1.28

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Race/ethnic disparities in early childhood BMI, obesity and overweight in the United Kingdom and United States. Int J Obes (Lond) (2014) 0.92

Metabolic syndrome. Pediatr Rev (2012) 0.84

A study of the birth weight-obesity relation using a longitudinal cohort and sibling and twin pairs. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 0.83

Defining body fatness in adolescents: a proposal of the AFAD-A classification. PLoS One (2013) 0.82

Relation of ratio indices of anthropometric measures to obesity in a stunted population. Am J Hum Biol (2008) 0.81

Ethnic variations in overweight and obesity among children over time: findings from analyses of the Health Surveys for England 1998-2009. Pediatr Obes (2013) 0.81

The spatial distribution of overweight and obesity among a birth cohort of young adult Filipinos (Cebu Philippines, 2005): an application of the Kulldorff spatial scan statistic. Nutr Diabetes (2013) 0.81

Analysis of MMP2 promoter polymorphisms in childhood obesity. BMC Res Notes (2011) 0.81

Systematic review on the association of abdominal obesity in children and adolescents with cardio-metabolic risk factors. J Res Med Sci (2015) 0.81

Polish 2012 growth references for preschool children. Eur J Pediatr (2013) 0.79

Prevalence of obesity and central obesity among adolescent girls in a district school in Bangladesh. Indian J Endocrinol Metab (2015) 0.78

Prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among 2, 162 Brazilian school adolescents. Indian J Endocrinol Metab (2016) 0.77

Sex and ethnic differences in the waist circumference of 5-year-old children: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Int J Pediatr Obes (2010) 0.77

Attitudes and avatars instrument: development and initial testing. BMC Public Health (2015) 0.77

Elaboration of the Environmental Stress Hypothesis-Results from a Population-Based 6-Year Follow-Up. Front Psychol (2016) 0.75

Body mass index, waist-hip ratio and risk of chronic medical condition in the elderly population: results from the Well-being of the Singapore Elderly (WiSE) Study. BMC Geriatr (2016) 0.75

Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Danish Lean and Obese Children and Adolescents. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol (2016) 0.75

Height-obesity relationship in school children in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a cross-sectional study in Cameroon. BMC Res Notes (2015) 0.75

Body mass index reference curves for the UK, 1990. Arch Dis Child (1995) 16.96

Body mass index as a measure of adiposity among children and adolescents: a validation study. J Pediatr (1998) 9.66

Reducing obesity via a school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (1999) 9.43

Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study. BMJ (2005) 9.27

Body mass index and percent body fat: a meta analysis among different ethnic groups. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1998) 7.97

Prevention of pediatric overweight and obesity. Pediatrics (2003) 5.95

What is the best measure of adiposity change in growing children: BMI, BMI %, BMI z-score or BMI centile? Eur J Clin Nutr (2005) 4.35

Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are better predictors of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children than body mass index. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2000) 3.65

Randomised controlled trial of primary school based intervention to reduce risk factors for obesity. BMJ (2001) 3.12

A method for assessing age-standardized weight-for-height in children seen cross-sectionally. Ann Hum Biol (1979) 2.84

Evaluation of implementation and effect of primary school based intervention to reduce risk factors for obesity. BMJ (2001) 2.22

Parental perceptions of overweight in 3-5 y olds. Int J Obes (Lond) (2005) 2.21

Central overweight and obesity in British youth aged 11-16 years: cross sectional surveys of waist circumference. BMJ (2003) 2.21

Growth monitoring with the British 1990 growth reference. Arch Dis Child (1997) 2.17

Growth monitoring. Arch Dis Child (2000) 2.09

Visceral fat in white and African American prepubertal children. Am J Clin Nutr (1997) 2.09

Increasing prevalence of obesity in primary school children: cohort study. BMJ (2001) 2.04

Weight-for-height in children aged 4-12 years. A new index compared to the normalized body mass index. Eur J Clin Nutr (1992) 1.92

A Hattori chart analysis of body mass index in infants and children. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2000) 1.83

Weight/heightp compared to weight/height2 for assessing adiposity in childhood: influence of age and bone age on p during puberty. Ann Hum Biol (1987) 1.72

Adult socioeconomic, educational, social, and psychological outcomes of childhood obesity: a national birth cohort study. BMJ (2005) 1.57

Inter-relationships among childhood BMI, childhood height, and adult obesity: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2004) 1.52

Visceral adipose tissue and cardiovascular risk factors in obese children. J Pediatr (1998) 1.49

The Y-Y paradox. Lancet (2004) 1.44

Height and adiposity among children. Obes Res (2004) 1.12

Screening for childhood obesity: international vs population-specific definitions. Which is more appropriate? Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2003) 0.99

Body composition in childhood: effects of normal growth and disease. Proc Nutr Soc (2003) 0.91

The TRENDS Project: development of a methodology to reliably monitor the obesity epidemic in childhood. Arch Dis Child (2005) 0.90

Correlates of individual differences in body-composition changes resulting from physical training in obese children. Am J Clin Nutr (1999) 0.88

Secular trends in waist circumference in Spanish adolescents, 1995 to 2000-02. Arch Dis Child (2005) 0.85

Body mass index standards for children. 1990 data will remain available. BMJ (1999) 0.79

Cross sectional stature and weight reference curves for the UK, 1990. Arch Dis Child (1995) 12.65

Breast milk and subsequent intelligence quotient in children born preterm. Lancet (1992) 11.14

Breast milk and neonatal necrotising enterocolitis. Lancet (1991) 6.38

Critical evaluation of energy intake data using fundamental principles of energy physiology: 1. Derivation of cut-off limits to identify under-recording. Eur J Clin Nutr (1991) 5.86

Measurement and long-term health risks of child and adolescent fatness. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1997) 5.62

Baby Check: a scoring system to grade the severity of acute systemic illness in babies under 6 months old. Arch Dis Child (1991) 5.37

Early nutrition in preterm infants and later blood pressure: two cohorts after randomised trials. Lancet (2001) 4.94

Multicentre trial on feeding low birthweight infants: effects of diet on early growth. Arch Dis Child (1984) 4.62

Body Mass Index variations: centiles from birth to 87 years. Eur J Clin Nutr (1991) 4.60

Field trials of the Baby Check score card: mothers scoring their babies at home. Arch Dis Child (1991) 4.31

Leg and trunk length at 43 years in relation to childhood health, diet and family circumstances; evidence from the 1946 national birth cohort. Int J Epidemiol (2002) 3.98

Fetal origins of adult disease-the hypothesis revisited. BMJ (1999) 3.91

Childhood obesity and overweight prevalence trends in England: evidence for growing socioeconomic disparities. Int J Obes (Lond) (2009) 3.56

Body mass index reference curves for Chinese children. Ann Hum Biol (1998) 3.48

Early diet in preterm babies and developmental status at 18 months. Lancet (1990) 3.34

Adverse neurodevelopmental outcome of moderate neonatal hypoglycaemia. BMJ (1988) 3.33

Child to adult body mass index in the 1958 British birth cohort: associations with parental obesity. Arch Dis Child (1997) 2.97

A method for assessing age-standardized weight-for-height in children seen cross-sectionally. Ann Hum Biol (1979) 2.84

Uncritical use of bone mineral density in absorptiometry may lead to size-related artifacts in the identification of bone mineral determinants. Am J Clin Nutr (1994) 2.81

Early diet in preterm babies and developmental status in infancy. Arch Dis Child (1989) 2.79

Symptoms in 298 infants under 6 months old, seen at home. Arch Dis Child (1990) 2.75

Body fat reference curves for children. Int J Obes (Lond) (2006) 2.67

Ethnic group differences in overweight and obese children and young people in England: cross sectional survey. Arch Dis Child (2004) 2.67

Field trials of the Baby Check score card in hospital. Arch Dis Child (1991) 2.64

Do fat babies stay fat? Br Med J (1977) 2.64

Ratio of waist circumference to height is strong predictor of intra-abdominal fat. BMJ (1996) 2.58

A quantitative study into the role of infection in determining nutritional status in Gambian village children. Br J Nutr (1977) 2.51

Randomised trial of early diet in preterm babies and later intelligence quotient. BMJ (1998) 2.48

Obesity: new insight into the anthropometric classification of fat distribution shown by computed tomography. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1985) 2.45

Axillary and rectal temperature measurements in infants. Arch Dis Child (1992) 2.44

Body mass index and height from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British born cohort. Am J Clin Nutr (1997) 2.43

Field trials of the Baby Check score card in general practice. Arch Dis Child (1991) 2.39

Respiratory rate and severity of illness in babies under 6 months old. Arch Dis Child (1990) 2.36

Whole body bone mineral content in healthy children and adolescents. Arch Dis Child (1997) 2.36

Human energy expenditure in affluent societies: an analysis of 574 doubly-labelled water measurements. Eur J Clin Nutr (1996) 2.29

Targeted mutation of the CREB gene: compensation within the CREB/ATF family of transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1994) 2.24

Breastfeeding and catch-up growth in infants born small for gestational age. Acta Paediatr (1997) 2.23

Mother's choice to provide breast milk and developmental outcome. Arch Dis Child (1988) 2.21

Stress-free T-cell development: glucocorticoids are not obligatory. Immunol Today (2000) 2.20

Dietary protein energy supplementation of pregnant Asian mothers at Sorrento, Birmingham. I: Unselective during second and third trimesters. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 2.19

Critical evaluation of energy intake data using fundamental principles of energy physiology: 2. Evaluating the results of published surveys. Eur J Clin Nutr (1991) 2.17

Impact of infection on the growth of children from 0 to 2 years in an urban West African community. Am J Clin Nutr (1988) 2.13

Validation of weighed records and other methods of dietary assessment using the 24 h urine nitrogen technique and other biological markers. Br J Nutr (1995) 2.07

Effects on birth weight and perinatal mortality of maternal dietary supplements in rural Gambia: 5 year randomised controlled trial . BMJ (1997) 2.03

Diet, sunlight, and 25-hydroxy vitamin D in healthy children and adults. Br Med J (1979) 2.02

Between- and within-subject variation in nutrient intake from infancy to old age: estimating the number of days required to rank dietary intakes with desired precision. Am J Clin Nutr (1989) 2.01

Estimation of the FEV. Thorax (1983) 1.96

Adjustment of fat-free mass and fat mass for height in children aged 8 y. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2002) 1.96

Mineralocorticoid receptor knockout mice: pathophysiology of Na+ metabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1998) 1.90

Influence of secular trends and sample size on reference equations for lung function tests. Eur Respir J (2010) 1.88

A clinical comparison of SIDS and explained sudden infant deaths: how healthy and how normal? CESDI SUDI Research Group. Confidential Inquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy study. Arch Dis Child (2000) 1.88

Season of birth predicts mortality in rural Gambia. Nature (1997) 1.85

Four-component model of body composition in children: density and hydration of fat-free mass and comparison with simpler models. Am J Clin Nutr (1999) 1.83

An ecological systems approach to examining risk factors for early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Health (2008) 1.75

Hot potato topic. Br Dent J (2008) 1.75

Weight/heightp compared to weight/height2 for assessing adiposity in childhood: influence of age and bone age on p during puberty. Ann Hum Biol (1987) 1.72

Dietary protein energy supplementation of pregnant Asian mothers at Sorrento, Birmingham. II: Selective during third trimester only. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 1.71

A randomised multicentre study of human milk versus formula and later development in preterm infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed (1994) 1.70

Women's reproductive health: the role of body mass index in early and adult life. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1997) 1.70

Birth season and environmental influences on patterns of thymic growth in rural Gambian infants. Acta Paediatr (2003) 1.69

Helicobacter pylori colonization in early life. Pediatr Res (1999) 1.68

The impact of childhood body mass index on timing of puberty, adult stature and obesity: a follow-up study based on adolescent anthropometry recorded at Christ's Hospital (1936-1964). Int J Obes (Lond) (2006) 1.67

Multiple mRNA isoforms of the transcription activator protein CREB: generation by alternative splicing and specific expression in primary spermatocytes. EMBO J (1992) 1.66

Within- and between-subject variation in energy expenditure measured by the doubly-labelled water technique: implications for validating reported dietary energy intake. Eur J Clin Nutr (2000) 1.65

Prenatal or early postnatal events predict infectious deaths in young adulthood in rural Africa. Int J Epidemiol (1999) 1.63

Randomised trial of nutrition for preterm infants after discharge. Arch Dis Child (1992) 1.62

A comparison of goodness of fit tests for age-related reference ranges. Stat Med (2004) 1.62

A critique of the NCHS weight for height standard. Hum Biol (1985) 1.60

Evaluation of the novel Tanita body-fat analyser to measure body composition by comparison with a four-compartment model. Br J Nutr (2000) 1.59

Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of the MEND Programme in a small group of obese 7-11-year-old children. J Hum Nutr Diet (2005) 1.59

Weight gain and sudden infant death syndrome: changes in weight z scores may identify infants at increased risk. Arch Dis Child (2000) 1.58

The flow-volume loop: reproducibility of air and helium-based tests in normal subjects. Thorax (1980) 1.58

Biased over- or under-reporting is characteristic of individuals whether over time or by different assessment methods. J Am Diet Assoc (2001) 1.58

Trends in food energy intakes throughout childhood from one to 18 years. Hum Nutr Appl Nutr (1982) 1.58

Infection and its effect on the growth of young children: a comparison of The Gambia and Uganda. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1977) 1.55

Cardiac steroidogenesis in the normal and failing heart. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2001) 1.54

Nature, nurture, and childhood overweight. Br Med J (1978) 1.54

Prenatal dietary supplementation of African women and birth-weight. Lancet (1983) 1.54

Birthweight ratio and outcome in preterm infants. Arch Dis Child (1990) 1.52

Sex differences in weight in infancy. Published centile charts for weights have been updated. BMJ (1996) 1.52

Body proportions during 6 years of GH treatment in children with short stature born small for gestational age participating in a randomised, double-blind, dose-response trial. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) (2000) 1.49

Evaluation of air-displacement plethysmography in children aged 5-7 years using a three-component model of body composition. Br J Nutr (2003) 1.49

Effects of weight cycling on body composition. Am J Clin Nutr (1992) 1.49

Glu298Asp endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism interacts with environmental and dietary factors to influence endothelial function. Circ Res (2002) 1.46

Crosssectional growth curves for height, weight and body mass index for affluent Indian children, 2007. Indian Pediatr (2009) 1.46

Energy expenditure in overweight and obese adults in affluent societies: an analysis of 319 doubly-labelled water measurements. Eur J Clin Nutr (1996) 1.45

The effect of age, sex and level of intake of dietary fibre from wheat on large-bowel function in thirty healthy subjects. Br J Nutr (1986) 1.44

Bone growth and mineralisation in children aged 4 to 10 years. Bone Miner (1991) 1.41

Increased birthweight after prenatal dietary supplementation of rural African women. Am J Clin Nutr (1987) 1.40

MR angiography artifact due to metal joint of ventriculoperitoneal shunt mimicking severe carotid stenosis. J Magn Reson Imaging (1995) 1.40

Growth reference charts for use in the United Kingdom. Arch Dis Child (2002) 1.39

Increasing levels of excess weight among children in England. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2003) 1.39

Early and late growth and blood pressure in adolescence. J Epidemiol Community Health (2003) 1.35

Overweight and obesity prevalence and body mass index trends in Indian children. Int J Pediatr Obes (2010) 1.32

Bone changes after 3 mo of lactation: influence of calcium intake, breast-milk output, and vitamin D-receptor genotype. Am J Clin Nutr (1998) 1.32

Early diet of preterm infants and development of allergic or atopic disease: randomised prospective study. BMJ (1990) 1.31

Birthweight centiles in preterm infants reappraised. Early Hum Dev (1986) 1.31

Body composition in normal weight, overweight and obese children: matched case-control analyses of total and regional tissue masses, and body composition trends in relation to relative weight. Int J Obes (Lond) (2006) 1.30

Who changes body mass between adolescence and adulthood? Factors predicting change in BMI between 16 year and 30 years in the 1970 British Birth Cohort. Int J Obes (Lond) (2006) 1.29

Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Int J Obes (Lond) (2007) 1.29