A. M. Fredriks

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• Alarming prevalences of overweight and obesity for children of Turkish, Moroccan and Dutch origin in the Netherlands according to international standards
• Are age references for waist circumference, hip circumference and waist-hip ratio in Dutch children useful in clinical practice?
• Nationwide age references for sitting height, leg length, and sitting height/height ratio, and their diagnostic value for disproportionate growth disorders
• Height, weight, body mass index and pubertal development references for children of Moroccan origin in The Netherlands
• Height, weight, body mass index and pubertal development reference values for children of Turkish origin in the Netherlands
• Comparison of the Quetelet index (body mass index) in Dutch children in 1997 and 1980: New growth references for the detection of underweight, overweight and obesity
• Increased prevalence of overweight and obesity in Dutch children, and the detection of overweight and obesity using international criteria and new reference diagrams
• Progressive increase in height in Dutch children between 1955-1997
• Pubertal development in The Netherlands 1965-1997
• Worm plot: A simple diagnostic device for modelling growth reference curves
• Body index measurements in 1996-7 compared with 1980
• Consensus ‘Diagnosis of short stature in childhood’ (multiple letters)