Prevalence of obesity and the relationship between the body mass index and body fat: Cross-sectional, population-based data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pasco, Julie A ^a,b   Nicholson, Geoffrey C ^c   Brennan, Sharon L ^a,b   Kotowicz, Mark A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DATA BASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855838162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029580     Document Type: Article

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