Defining Obesity Using a Biological End Point in Sri Lankan Children.

Wickramasinghe V.P., Arambepola C., Bandara P., Abeysekera M., Kuruppu S., Dilshan P., Dissanayake B.S.
Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2017; 84(2):117–123
Publication year: 2017
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Obesity is presence of excess body fat and defining that level is important. This paper describes the fat mass that is diagnostic of obesity with metabolic syndrom in 5-15 year old Sri Lankan children.