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Obesity measures in the Kiribati population: a need to reclassify body mass index cut-points

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a public health problem in Micronesia. The objective of the study was to assess obesity, the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BF%) among adults, and determine the appropriate BMI cut-points in Kiribati. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was un...

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Autores principales: Eme, P. E., Burlingame, B., Kim, N. D., Foliaki, S., Wham, C., Douwes, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32652963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09217-z