- BMI overestimates overweight prevalence in children and adolescents.
- WHtR is more strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk.
- Sex-specific cut points are proposed for WHtR implementation.
- Poor absolute agreement was found between BMI and WHtR.
- WHtR can be universally adopted as a noninvasive tool for diagnosing excess adiposity in pediatric populations.
Source: Obesity and Endocrinology
