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Body mass index has a curvilinear relationship with the percentage of body fat among children
BACKGROUND: Body Mass Index (BMI), which is defined as the ratio between weight (in kg) and height (in m(2)), is often used in clinical practice as well as in large scale epidemiological studies to classify subjects as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. Although BMI does not directly m...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169475/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21851612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-301 |