Bente Brannsether

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Bente Brannsether er ph.d., spesialist i barnesykdommer og overlege ved Barne- og ungdomsklinikken, Stavanger universitetssjukehus.

Articles by Bente Brannsether

Childhood obesity is a public health issue

Bente Brannsether

09.11.2020: Treatment must be aimed at society, not the individual child. Over the last 30 years, obesity has spread like an epidemic over many parts of the world (1). The prevalence of overweight children in Norway is 13–18 %, with some age variation (2). The surge in childhood obesity has given rise to an...

New reference charts for weight-related body measurements in children

Bente Brannsether,
Mathieu Roelants,
Robert Bjerknes,
Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson

22.11.2016: Body mass index (BMI) is used to diagnose overweight and obesity. Charts for sex- and age-adjusted body mass index, based on data from the Bergen Growth Study, have been published previously. We now present new charts for waist circumference, waist-height ratio, triceps skinfolds and subscapular...