Why stigmatize overweight young people as hypertensive by using normative percentiles from non-overweight youth?

Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Oct;39(10):1508. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.150. Epub 2015 Aug 12.

Authors

P Schwandt^{1

2}, G-M Haas²

Affiliations

¹ Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Atherosclerosis Prevention Institute, Munich-Nuremberg, Germany.

PMID: 26264756
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.150

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory*
Blood Pressure*
Body Mass Index*
Diet*
European Continental Ancestry Group*
Female
Humans
Life Style*
Male