Are child health surveillance reviews just routine examinations of normal children?
Child health surveillance provides important opportunities to discuss problems that may cause parental concern and to identify children requiring treatment or follow-up. The design and use of the PCHR needs to change to reflect increasing emphasis on health promotion.
Hyperlipidemic Asian Indian males, defined as "non-obese" based on BMI, had adverse profile of anthropometric parameters and excess %BF as compared to normolipidemic males. Therefore, while dealing with hyperlipidemic Asian Indians, physicians should consider anthropometric parameters (WC), %BF, and %BF/BMI ratio in addition to BMI in the clinical assessment.