title: Commentary: which child obesity definitions predict health risk?
abstract: This Commentary considers the different definitions of child overweight and obesity, and reflects on the findings of the paper by Valerio et al. in this issue of the journal.
authors.affiliation: World Obesity Federation, 107 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8TZ, UK. tlobstein@worldobesity.org.|Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, WA, Australia. tlobstein@worldobesity.org.
authors.forename: T
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4102-0545
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lobstein
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight; D063766:Pediatric Obesity; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Adiposity; Epidemiology; Obesity; Risk factors; Screening