Body mass index and measures of body fat for defining obesity and underweight: A cross-sectional, population-based study

BMC Obesity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pasco, Julie A ^a,b   Holloway, Kara L ^a   Dobbins, Amelia G ^a   Kotowicz, Mark A ^a,b   Williams, Lana J ^a   Brennan, Sharon L ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body composition; Epid emiology; Obesity; Overweight; Percentage body fat; Prevalence; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84989770122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-9538-1-9     Document Type: Article

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