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Body Mass Index: Obesity, BMI, and Health: A Critical Review
The body mass index (BMI) is the metric currently in use for defining anthropometric height/weight characteristics in adults and for classifying (categorizing) them into groups. The common interpretation is that it represents an index of an individual’s fatness. It also is widely used as a risk fact...
Autor principal: | Nuttall, Frank Q. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27340299 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NT.0000000000000092 |
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