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Body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio misclassification of overweight and obesity in Chinese military personnel
BACKGROUND: The rising prevalence of obesity in military personnel has raised great concerns. Previous studies suggest that body mass index (BMI)- and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)-based obesity classifications in US military personnel and firefighters have high false negative and subsequently cause obes...
Autores principales: | Zhu, Qingqing, Huang, Binbin, Li, Qiaoli, Huang, Liqian, Shu, Wenbo, Xu, Lin, Deng, Qiongying, Ye, Ziliang, Li, Chunyan, Liu, Peng |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32831152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40101-020-00236-8 |
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