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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism Volume 2012, Article ID 510458, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/510458 Research Article Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Body Fat, Fasting Blood Glucose in a Sample of Moroccan Adolescents Aged 11–17 Years Slimane Mehdad,1 Abdeslam Hamrani,1 Khalid El Kari,1 Asmaa El Hamdouchi,1 Amina Barakat,1, 2 Mohamed El Mzibri,1 Najat Mokhtar,1 and Hassan Aguenaou1 1 Unite Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation, (URAC 39), Centre National de l’Energie, ´ des Sciences et Techniques Nucleaires, Universite Ibn Tofaıl, Kenitra, Morocco ´ ´ ¨ 2 Equipe de Recherche en Sante et Nutrition du Couple Mere-Nouveau-Ne, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rabat 10001, Morocco ´ ` ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Hassan Aguenaou, aguenaou@ Received 10 May 2011; Revised 4 August 2011; Accepted 15 September 2011 Academic Editor: Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa Copyright © 2012 Slimane Mehdad et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objectives. The study aimed to assess the relationship between body fat and each of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and to test the effectiveness of fat mass (FM), percent of body fat (PBF), BMI, and WC in predicting high levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG). Methods. A total of 167 adolescents aged 11–17 years were recruited from Rabat region. BMI and WC were determined using standard equipments. FM and PBF were derived from isotope di