Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: Age- and sex-specific prediction formulas

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 105-114

  Deurenberg, Paul ^a   Weststrate, Jan A ^a   Seidell, Jaap C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0025847748     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19910073     Document Type: Article

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