Open AccessOptimized predictions of absolute and relative amounts of body fat from weight, height, other anthropometric predictors, and age
Author(s) -
Ingrid Larsson,
Björn Henning,
Anna Karin Lindroos,
Ingmar Näslund,
C. David Sjöström,
Lars Sjöström
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/83.2.252
Subject(s) - anthropometry , body mass index , mathematics , body weight , zoology , statistics , medicine , demography , biology , sociology
Body mass index (BMI) is the dominating weight-for-height index, but its validity as a body fat (BF) index has not been properly examined.
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