Raised adolescent body mass index predicts the development of adiposity and a central distribution of body fat in adulthood: a longitudinal study

Objective: To test the hypothesis that adolescent body mass index (BMI) tracks into adulthood and can be used as a predictor of obesity and/or central adiposity in adulthood.

Keywords:

• Obesity
• Endocrinology
• Classification of obesity
• Central Adiposity
• Waist–hip ratio
• Internal medicine
• Body mass index
• Cohort study
• Diabetes mellitus
• Gerontology
• Longitudinal study
• Medicine

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