[The use of weight and height data reported in surveys for screening for obesity and juvenile arterial hypertension].
The surveying of weight and height allows to measure for every subject the body mass index which is a risk indicator both for obesity and for juvenile blood hypertension. The A. have verified and demonstrated that the surveying of weight and height orally told by teen-agers can be a rapid and economic instrument to execute a first screening for such pathologies.
Piazzi
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Istituto Italiano di Medicina Sociale, Roma.
De Vinci
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Maggiore
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Orecchio
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D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
Utilizzazione del peso e dell'altezza riferiti in indagini di screening per l'obesità e l'ipertensione arteriosa giovanile.