Waist-to-height ratio is correlated with height in US children and adolescents aged 2-18 years.

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Published in Int J Pediatr Obes on January 01, 2008

Authors

David J Tybor1, Alice H Lichtenstein, Gerard E Dallal, Aviva Must

Author Affiliations

1: Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. david.tybor@tufts.edu

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