The need to redefine age- and gender-specific overweight and obese body mass index cutoff points

For convenience, health practitioners and clinicians are inclined to classify people/patients as overweight or obese based on body mass index (BMI) cutoff points of 25 and 30 kg m(−2) respectively, irrespective of age and gender. The purpose of the current study was to identity whether, for the same...

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Autores principales: Nevill, A M, Metsios, G S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26619370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2015.36

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26619370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2015.36

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