Artigo originalFat mass index performs best in monitoring management of obesity in prepubertal childrenÍndice de massa gorda apresenta melhor desempenho no monitoramento do tratamento da obesidade em crianças pré‐púberes☆☆☆

Objective An early and accurate recognition of success in treating obesity may increase the compliance of obese children and their families to intervention programs. This observational, prospective study aimed to evaluate the ability and the time to detect a significant reduction of adiposity estimated by body mass index (BMI), percentage of fat mass (%FM), and fat mass index (FMI) during weight management in prepubertal obese children.