Open AccessAccuracy of body mass index-defined overweight in fire fighters
Author(s) -
Nattinee Jitnarin,
Walker S. Carlos Poston,
Christopher K. Haddock,
Sara A. Jahnke,
Brianne C. Tuley
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kqs213
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , body volume index , obesity , medicine , false positive paradox , classification of obesity , body adiposity index , body weight , index (typography) , statistics , fat mass , mathematics , computer science , world wide web
Overweight, obesity and weight gain are significant problems in the U.S. fire service. While classification of obesity using body mass index (BMI) has demonstrated accuracy and low rates of false positives when compared with body fat percentage (BF%)-based standards, no studies have examined the accuracy of BMI-based overweight and normal weight status with other comparable body composition indices.
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