The impact of body build on the relationship between body mass index and percent body fat

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-542

  Deurenberg, Paul ^d   Yap, M Deurenberg ^a   Wang, J ^b   Lin, F P ^a   Schmidt, G ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body build; Body mass index; Comparison; Ethnicity; Percent body fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WRIST;

EID: 0006727098     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800868     Document Type: Article

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