The value and limitations of the Body Mass Index (BMI) in the assessment of the health risks of overweight and obesity;De waarde en de beperkingen van de 'body mass index' (BMI) voor het bepalen van het gezondheidsrisico van overgewicht en obesitas

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 48, 2004, Pages 2379-2382

  Kok, P ^a   Seidell, J C ^a,b   Meinders, A E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; OBESITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 9644270526     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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