Beyond BMI: Conceptual Issues Related to Overweight and Obese Patients

BMI is widely used as a measure of weight status and disease risks; it defines overweight and obesity based on statistical criteria. BMI is a score; neither is it biologically sound nor does it reflect a suitable phenotype worthwhile to study. Because of its limited value, BMI cannot provide profoun...

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Autores principales: Müller, Manfred James, Braun, Wiebke, Enderle, Janna, Bosy-Westphal, Anja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger GmbH 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27286962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000445380

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27286962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000445380

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