Comparison of ideal body weight equations and published height-weight tables with body mass index tables for healthy adults in the united states

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-319

  Shah, Bhumika ^a   Sucher, Kathryn ^b   Hollenbeck, Clarie B ^b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33750580412     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0115426506021003312     Document Type: Article

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