Is body mass index a measure of adiposity in elderly women?

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-20

  Bedogni, Giorgio ^a   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^a,b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^b   Borghi, Athos ^a   Manzieri, Anna Maria ^a   Morini, Pietro ^a   Battistini, Nino ^a   Salvioli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; DXA; Elderly; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0035221890     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.3     Document Type: Article

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