Body Mass Index and its Adequacy in Capturing Body Fat
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Summary
Considering the universal applicability of BMI as a measure of body fat in various situations, it has been advocated that a better way is to directly measure the body fat using a standard, universally acceptable method rather than depending on some surrogate mea- sures such as the body mass index.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2008-01-01
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- 17
- References
- 24
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Keywords
Body mass index, Classification of obesity, Obesity, Body adiposity index, Body volume index
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