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Pediatric Obesity

BODY MASS INDEX in children (ages 2-12) and in adolescents (ages 13-18) that is grossly above the recommended cut-off for a specific age and sex. For infants less than 2 years of age, obesity is determined based on standard weight-for-length percentile measures.

Year introduced: 2014

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Tree Number(s): C18.654.726.750.500.720, C23.888.144.699.500.750

MeSH Unique ID: D063766

Entry Terms:

  • Obesity, Pediatric
  • Childhood Obesity
  • Obesity, Childhood
  • Obesity in Childhood
  • Child Obesity
  • Obesity, Child
  • Childhood Onset Obesity
  • Obesity, Childhood Onset
  • Adolescent Obesity
  • Obesity, Adolescent
  • Obesity in Adolescence
  • Childhood Overweight
  • Overweight, Childhood
  • Adolescent Overweight
  • Overweight, Adolescent
  • Infant Overweight
  • Overweight, Infant
  • Infantile Obesity
  • Obesity, Infantile
  • Infant Obesity
  • Obesity, Infant

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