Healthy percentage body fat ranges: An approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 694-701

  Gallagher, D ^a   Heymsfield, S B ^a   Heo, M ^a   Jebb, S A ^a   Murgatroyd, P R ^a   Sakamoto, Y ^a  

^a Weight Control Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat guidelines; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment; Obesity; Percentage body fat; Prediction equations

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0033839458     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/72.3.694     Document Type: Article

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