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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
Materias:	Research Article
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

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