The paradox of low body mass index and high body fat percentage among Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1011-1017

  Deurenberg Yap, M ^a   Schmidt, G ^b   Van Staveren, W A ^c   Deurenberg, P ^c,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Nutrition Consultant   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Body build; Body fat percentage; Body mass index; Caucasians; Chinese; Cut off values; Ethnicity; Four compartment model; Indians; Malays; Obesity; Public health; Race; Singaporeans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MINERAL; CHINESE; DENSITOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0033852715     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801353     Document Type: Article

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