Keywords
Body mass indexOverweightObesityMedicineEthnic groupBody volume indexGerontologyInternal medicineDemographyClassification of obesityFat mass
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Asian PeopleBody Mass IndexHumansObesityReference Values
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- 2003
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- 27
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1294-1296
- Citations
- 153
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Anoop Misra
(2003).
Revisions of cutoffs of body mass index to define overweight and obesity are needed for the Asian-ethnic groups.
International Journal of Obesity
, 27
(11)
, 1294-1296.
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802412
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- DOI
- 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802412
- PMID
- 14574337