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Letter
Response to Letter to the Editor by Joe Brew, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida
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Dear Editors
We are pleased that our paper has been deemed thought-provoking. Regarding the issues brought by Joe Brew, we would like to respond as follows:
Brew suggests that we should have used body mass index (BMI) percentiles instead of weight-for-height z-scores (WHZ). We disagree and stand behind our original statement that WHZ is a more appropriate measure for longitudinally assessing adiposity among young children. In the paper cited by Brew1 as justification for his argument, …
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Contributors The letter to the editor was drafted by PC, CC, ES and MW, and edited and approved by all other authors.
Competing interests None.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.