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Determining overweight and underweight with a new weight‐for‐height index in captive group‐housed macaques

Housing primates in naturalistic groups provides social benefits relative to solitary housing. However, food intake may vary across individuals, possibly resulting in overweight and underweight individuals. Information on relative adiposity (the amount of fat tissue relative to body weight) is neede...

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Autores principales: Sterck, Elisabeth H. M., Zijlmans, Dian G. M., de Vries, Han, van den Berg, Lisette M., van Schaik, Carel P., Langermans, Jan A. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6772146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31192494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22996