Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women

Obesity prevalence and average body composition vary by US race and gender. Asian Americans have the lowest prevalence of obesity. Relying on body-mass index (BMI) to estimate obesity prevalence may misclassify subgroups that appear normally weighted but have excess body fat. We evaluated percentage...

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Main Authors: Catherine L. Carpenter, Eric Yan, Steve Chen, Kurt Hong, Adam Arechiga, Woo S. Kim, Max Deng, Zhaoping Li, David Heber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/790654
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