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Despite Low Obesity Rates, Body Mass Index Under-Estimated Obesity among Russian Police Officers When Compared to Body Fat Percentage
In some countries, obesity rates among police officers are higher than the general public, despite physically demanding jobs. Obesity rates based on body mass index (BMI) may lack accuracy as BMI does not directly address body composition. Since data are lacking for obesity rates among Russian polic...
Autores principales: | Heinrich, Katie M., Gurevich, Konstantin G., Arkhangelskaia, Anna N., Karazhelyaskov, Oleg P., Poston, Walker S. C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7143193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32188073 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061937 |
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