Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women

Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women

Obesity prevalence and average body composition vary by US race and gender. Asian Americans have the lowest prevalence of obesity. Relying on body-mass index (BMI) to estimate obesity prevalence may misclassify subgroups that appear normally weighted but have excess body fat. We evaluated percentage...

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Main Authors: Carpenter, Catherine L., Yan, Eric, Chen, Steve, Hong, Kurt, Arechiga, Adam, Kim, Woo S., Deng, Max, Li, Zhaoping, Heber, David
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649342/

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