Open AccessPercentage of body fat cutoffs by sex, age, and race-ethnicity in the US adult population from NHANES 1999–2004
Author(s) -
Moonseong Heo,
Myles S. Faith,
Angelo Pietrobelli,
Steven B. Heymsfield
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.111.025171
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , demography , medicine , body mass index , ethnic group , population , body fat percentage , classification of obesity , gerontology , fat mass , sociology , anthropology
To date, there is no consensus regarding adult cutoffs of percentage of body fat or estimated cutoffs on the basis of nationally representative samples with rigorous body-composition measurements.
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