POSSIBLE VALIDATION OF MATHEMATICAL DEFINITION OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY BSED ON ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA COLLECTED DURING 1998-2013 http://www.ngds-ku.org/Papers/J46.pdf ALGORITHM *
Syed Arif Kamal , Ashfaq Ali Naz and Shakeel Ahmed Ansari
Additional File 5 1. Begin 2. Inputs a. Date of Birth, DOB b. Gender, M/F 3. Inputs a. b. c. d. e.
Country of Residence Date of Checkup, Height, Gross Mass, Clothing Correction,
4. Calculate a. Decimal DOB, b. Decimal DOE, c. Decimal Age d. Height h in ft-in e. Net Mass, in kg f. Net Weight, W in lb-oz 5. If
, then calculate a. Percentile of Height, b. Percentile of Mass, c. Body Mass Index, d. BMI-based-Optimal Mass, Let e. Mass-for-Height, Let f. Weight-for-height, g. Qualitative Status, h. Build
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i. BMI-based-Optimal Weight, j. If , then calculate a. Mass to be lost b. Weight to be lost c. Mass to be lost per month d. Weight to be lost per month Else a. Mass to be gained b. Weight to be gained c. Mass to be gained per month d. Weight to be gained per month End if Else if
and k. Percentile of Height,
, then calculate
l. Percentile of Mass, m. Optimal Mass, n.
Mass-for-Height, Let o. Status (pertaining-to-mass), p. Build q. If a. b. c. d.
, then calculate Mass to be lost Weight to be lost Mass to be lost per month Weight to be lost per month
Else a. b. c. d. End if Else if
Mass to be gained Weight to be gained Mass to be gained per month Weight to be gained per month
then calculate a. Percentile of Height,
b. Estimated-Adult Height, c. Percentile of Mass, d. Estimated-Adult Mass, e. Optimal Mass, By applying box interpolation
f.
Mass-for-Height,
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Let g. Weight-for-height, h. Status (pertaining-to-mass), i. Army-Cutoff Height at Current Age, j. Height w.r.t. Army-Cutoff Height, k. Estimated-Adult BMI, Let l. If parental height is available then a. Input a. Height of Biological Father b. Height of Biological Mother b. Calculate a. Adult-Mid-Parental Height, b. Percentile of Mid-Parental Height, c. Mid-Parental Height at Current Age, d.
Height-for-Age, Let e. Status (pertaining-to-height), f. Reference Percentile, Let Else, calculate Reference Percentile, Let End if m. Calculate a. Nutritional Status b. Build m. If Acute Malnutrition is present, then calculate Severity of Acute Malnutrition End if n. If next checkup is available, then a. Go to step 3 b. Repeat steps 3 to 5 End if Else if , then a. Percentile of Height, If
, then Percentile of Height,
Else Percentile of Height, End if COPYRIGHT 2017. THE NGDS PILOT PROJECT (http://ngds-ku.org) and THE SF-GROWTH-AND-IMAGING LABORATORY FACULTY OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI (http://www.uok.edu.pk) 3
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If
, then Percentile of Mass,
Else Percentile of Mass, End if Else Predictions for Height and Mass By applying scalar model
End if 6. End Address of the main document: POSSIBLE VALIDATION OF MATHEMATICAL DEFINITION OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY BASED ON ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA COLLECTED DURING 1998-2013 http://www.ngds-ku.org/Papers/J46.pdf Web address of this document: Additional File 5: ALGORITHM http://www.ngds-ku.org/Papers/J46/Additional_File_5.pdf
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