Study on reference value of waist circumference percentile curve and abdominal obesity cutoff points of children and adolescents aged 6–20 in Macao
The standardized curves constructed for the percentile waist circumference of Macao's children and adolescents were smooth and tests showed good validity. We recommend using these standardized percentile curves (applicable to ages 6-20 years) and abdominal obesity thresholds (applicable to ages 6-18 years), combined with the other evaluation commonly used indicator of obesity, to identify abdominal obesity in Macao's children and adolescents and therefore, to improve the well-being of Macao's children and adolescents.
Authors
- Lupei Jiang
- Chunjing Tu
- Jing He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-2892)
- Yibo Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-9987)
- Yanfeng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2147-9594)
- Xuehui Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9099-849X)
- Xiang Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6622-8847)
- Aoyu Zhang
Institutions
- Hefei Normal University (CN)
- China Institute of Sport Science (CN)
- Taizhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23015-5
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64