Body composition and fitness in the obesity paradox-Body mass index alone does not tell the whole story

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Lavie, Carl J ^a,b   De Schutter, Alban ^a,c   Patel, Dharmendrakumar A ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; FITNESS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878665013     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.03.010     Document Type: Editorial

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