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Identifying Obesity: By Body-Mass Index or Body-Fat Percentage?

Wendy S. Biggs

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long used body-mass index (BMI) to define obesity, whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) uses

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long used body-mass index (BMI) to define obesity, whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) uses

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long used body-mass index (BMI) to define obesity, whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) uses

Key concepts: Body mass index, Medicine, Body volume index, Classification of obesity, Body adiposity index, Obesity, Body Shape Index, Body fat percentage

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