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Zipporah W Ndung’u

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ID7550101
NAMEZipporah W Ndung’u
GIVEN NAMESZipporah W
FAMILY NAMENdung’u
SIGNATURENDUNG’U Z W
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS1
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT1
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
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  • Application of stable isotope dilution techniques to assess body fat and comparison with WHO BMI-for-age classification as a measure of obesity among schoolchildren in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open Access•Dorcus Mbithe D Kigaru, Zipporah W Ndung’u et al.•ARTICLE•Public Health Nutrition•2021

    Objective: WHO BMI-for-age z score (BAZ) is widely used in epidemiology, yet it does not distinguish body fat-free mass and fat mass which are better indicators of obesity and related risks. The stable isotope dilution techniques (SIDT) are gold standard methods of assessing body composition. Main objective was to assess significant differences in measurement and validity of WHO BMI-for-age classification for defining childhood obesity by compari…

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  • Application of stable isotope dilution techniques to assess body fat and comparison with WHO BMI-for-age classification as a measure of obesity among schoolchildren in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open Access•Dorcus Mbithe D Kigaru, Zipporah W Ndung’u et al.•ARTICLE•Public Health Nutrition•2021

    Objective: WHO BMI-for-age z score (BAZ) is widely used in epidemiology, yet it does not distinguish body fat-free mass and fat mass which are better indicators of obesity and related risks. The stable isotope dilution techniques (SIDT) are gold standard methods of assessing body composition. Main objective was to assess significant differences in measurement and validity of WHO BMI-for-age classification for defining childhood obesity by compari…

Anthropometry (1 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (1 works) · Body mass index (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Childhood obesity (1 works) · Concordance (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Diet and metabolism studies (1 works) · Internal Medicine (1 works)

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