Varying body mass index cutoff points to describe overweight prevalence among U.S. adults: NHANES III (1988 to 1994)

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 542-548

  Kuczmarski, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy weight; Height; National surveys; Obesity; Underweight; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031261695     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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