Obesity screening for young Japanese males and females using skin fold measurements: the classification revisited

Anthropometric assessment is a simple, safe, and cost-efficient method to examine the health status of individuals. The Japanese obesity classification based on the sum of two skin folds (S2SF) was proposed nearly 40 years ago therefore its applicability to Japanese living today is unknown. The curr...

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Main Authors: Kagawa, M., Uenishi, K., Mori, M., Uchida, H., Kerr, Deborah, Binns, Colin, Hills, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: H E C Press 2010
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Online Access:http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/APJCN/19/2/289.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14201