The choice of cutoffs for obesity and the effect of those values on risk factor estimation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-294

  Toschke, André M ^a,b   Kurth, Bärbel M ^c   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI distribution; Body composition; Body weight and measures; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; NOTE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 38949123729     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.2.292     Document Type: Note

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