Large differences in the prevalence of normal weight obesity using various cut-offs for excess body fat

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Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Marques Vidal, Pedro ^a,b   Chiolero, Arnaud ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^b  

^a CardioMet   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body fat; Cross sectional study; Normal weight obesity; Portugal; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 47949113129     PISSN: 17514991     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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