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Dr. Kenneth Ellis, a Baylor College of Medicine professor of pediatrics who studies adipose tissues / measurement growth and body composition adipose tissues / measurement at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, notes that many factors should be considered when interpreting a BMI number. "There are a lot of children who have very high amounts of body fat that the body mass index misses," says Dr. Ellis. "Just because you have a normal body mass index doesn't necessarily mean you have a normal adipose tissues / measurement fat-to-lean weight distribution." He says that the child's family history, ethnicity, maturity level, physical activity level, age and gender can all play roles in determining a child's body composition. Why the need for an indicator of body fat in children? The number of obese people in the United States has grown into a `super-sized' national health concern that is not limited to adults. According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the number of overweight children and adolescents has doubled over the last two decades.
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