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From: School sociodemographic characteristics and obesity in schoolchildren: does the obesity definition matter?

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Prevalence (%) and 95% confidence intervals of overweight and obesity among Irish COSI children separately by sex and age group (a), school socioeconomic status (b), and the degree of school urbanisation (c). *Chi-squared test, within-group significant p-values after correction for multiple testing with the Benjamini- Hochberg False Discovery Rate [34]. CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IOTF, International Obesity Task Force; UK, United Kingdom; WHeR, waist-to-height ratio; WHO, World Health Organisation. Younger children < 10.5 years; older children ≥10.5 years

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