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Body Mass Index and Self-Perception of Overweight and Obesity in Rural, Urban and Rural-to-Urban Migrants: PERU MIGRANT Study

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare self-reported weight and body mass index (BMI) in order to determine discrepancies between subjective and objective obesity-related markers, and possible explanatory factors of overweight and obesity underestimation, in urban, rural and migrant populations. MAT...

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Autores principales: Loret de Mola, Christian, Pillay, Timesh D., Diez-Canseco, Francisco, Gilman, Robert H., Smeeth, Liam, Miranda, J. Jaime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3508895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050252