Child—body mass index (Data Element Concept)

Child—body mass index

Type: Data Element Concept
Identifiers: UUID - 673f835a-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/269557/
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Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
Endorsed by: Health : Standard on March 1, 2005

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Created: 09 March 2015
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Definition

Weight (body mass) relative to height used to assess the extent of weight excess in children and adolescents.

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Child—body mass index
- Object Class
  Child
- Property
  Body mass index
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Context:

Public health and health care:

Body Mass Index (BMI) is used as an indicator of underweight, normal or healthy weight and overweight and obesity in adults and overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. In population based surveys, BMI may be used:

to indicate the prevalence of thinness and overweight and their sociodemographic distribution (problem identification)
to evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs (assessment of interventions)
to monitor progress towards National public health policy
to ascertain determinants and consequences of thinness and overweight
in nutrition and physical activity surveillance and long-term planning.

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This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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