Body composition-derived BMI cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Indians and Creoles of Mauritius: comparison with Caucasians

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Global estimates of overweight and obesity prevalence are based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) body mass index (BMI) cut-off values of 25 and 30 kg m(−)(2), respectively. To validate these BMI cut-offs for adiposity in the island population of Mauritius, we assessed the...

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Autores principales: Hunma, S, Ramuth, H, Miles-Chan, J L, Schutz, Y, Montani, J-P, Joonas, N, Dulloo, A G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5144117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27698347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.176

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