title: Body mass index cut-offs for screening for childhood overweight and obesity in Indian children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop age and sex specific cut offs for BMI to screen for overweight and obesity in Indian children linked to an adult BMI of 23 and 28 kg/m2 respectively, using contemporary Indian data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multicentric, School based.
  
  
  METHODS
  19834 children were measured from 11 affluent schools from five major geographical regions of India. Data were analyzed using the LMS method, which constructs growth reference percentiles adjusted for skewness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared to the cut-offs suggested for European populations and those by the  Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2007 Guidelines, the age and sex specific cut off points for body mass index for overweight and obesity for Indian children suggested by this study are lower.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Contemporary cross-sectional age and sex specific BMI cut-offs for Indian children linked to Asian cut-offs of 23 and 28 kg/m2 for the assessment of risk of overweight and obesity, respectively are presented.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Jehangir Hospital, Pune, India. anuradhavkhadilkar@gmail.com
authors: V V
authors: VV
authors: Khadilkar
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: Khadilkar
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Borade
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Chiplonkar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012016:Reference Values