TY - JOUR AU - Vanderwall, Cassandra AU - Randall Clark, R. AU - Eickhoff, Jens AU - Carrel, Aaron L. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/06/02 TI - BMI is a poor predictor of adiposity in young overweight and obese children JO - BMC Pediatrics SP - 135 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - The body mass index (BMI) is a simple and widely utilized screening tool for obesity in children and adults. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate if BMI could predict total fat mass (TFM) and percent body fat (%FAT) in a sample of overweight and obese children. SN - 1471-2431 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0891-z DO - 10.1186/s12887-017-0891-z ID - Vanderwall2017 ER -