This paper reviews child and adolescent adiposity
measures and associated long-term health risks.
The first section argues that anthropometric measures are practical for
large scale epidemiological studies, particularly the body mass index.
Limitations of this and other measures are presented.
The second section summarises the evidence on the relationship between
child and adolescent and adult adiposity.
Fewer studies could be identified in relation to long-term health risks of child and adolescent adiposity.
It is therefore difficult to specify categories of risk associated with childhood adiposity without more information from long-term studies.
Power, C. "Measurement and Long-term Health Risks of Child and Adolescent Fatness." UK Pubmed Central. Print.
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