Allometric multi-scaling of weight-for-height relation in children and adolescents: Revisiting the theoretical basis of body mass index of thinness and obesity assessment

• Hitomi Ogata ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hitomi Ogata, Yosuke Isoyama

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7151-4733

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• Yosuke Isoyama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hitomi Ogata, Yosuke Isoyama

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Sayaka Nose-Ogura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations JAPAN High Performance Sport Center, Department of Sports Medicine and Research, Japan Institute Sports Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Narumi Nagai,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Himeji, Japan

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• Momoko Kayaba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• João Gabriel Segato Kruse,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Ivan Seleznov,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Miki Kaneko,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Taiki Shigematsu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Ken Kiyono

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kiyono.ken.es@osaka-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5433-7002

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