US weight guidelines: Is it also important to consider cardiorespiratory fitness?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages

  Lee, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Mortality; Obesity; Weight standards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031662408     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services. Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans (4th edn). Government Printing Office: Washington, 1995.
2. Manson JE, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Hankinson SE, Hennekens CH, Speizer FE. Body weight and mortality among women. N Engl J Med 1995; 333: 677-685.