Hisham E Hasan, Deema Jaber, Omar F Khabour, Karem H Alzoubi
Perspectives of Pharmacy Students on Ethical Issues Related to Artificial Intelligence: A Comprehensive Survey Study
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childhood obesity known risk factor adult diseases making evaluation highly important however evaluation complex gold standard method body mass index bmi percentage overweight pow widely used japan however following limitations difficult set cutoffs bmi dynamically varies childhood pow studied extensively especially regarding difference maturity therefore study analyzed bmipow japanese children grouped maturity used longitudinal school checkup data collected elementary junior high schools 20 municipalities made percentile curves bmipow calculated percentage participants considered overweightobese sex age maturity maximum increment age mia calculated using graphical fitting method included 35461 subjects aged 15 2018 earlymaturing children higher bmi difference among maturity groups decreased shifting percentile curves differences mia therefore use bmi might lead overestimation overweightobesity earlymaturing children underestimation latematuring children pow percentile curves nshaped around mia indicating inappropriate evaluation period percentile curves children categorized overweightobese also nshaped confirming mia affects evaluation childhood obesity possibility overestimationunderestimation needs verification data accurate age pubertal changes adult diseases conclusion difficult evaluate childhood obesity height weight