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Obesity in School-age Children.
Ho Seong Yoo, Chang Soo Ra
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1985;28(7):631-636.   Published online July 31, 1985
From 1983 to June 1984, Obesity survey among school children aged 6 to 12 years(8,260 boys and 7,645 girls) was done. The results were as follows; 1)Based on a weight-for-age definition of obesity(97 th percentile), 0.92% of boys and 0.85% of girls were considered to be obese. 2)Based on a weight-for-age definition of besity (97th. percentile), the highest incidence was...