High Discrepancy in Abdominal Obesity Prevalence According to Different Waist Circumference Cut-Offs and Measurement Methods in Children: Need for Age-Risk-Weighted Standardized Cut-Offs?

• Alice Monzani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alice Monzani, Anna Rapa

  * E-mail: alice.monzani@med.unipmn.it

  Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

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• Anna Rapa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alice Monzani, Anna Rapa

  Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

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• Flavia Prodam,

  Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

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• Nicola Fuiano,

  Affiliation Pediatric Unit, Prevention and Public Health, ASL FG, Foggia, Italy

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• Giuliana Diddi,

  Affiliation Pediatric Unit, Prevention and Public Health, ASL FG, Foggia, Italy

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• Antonella Petri,

  Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

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• Simonetta Bellone,

  Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

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• Gianni Bona

  Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

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