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- Title
The Use of BMI and Waist Circumference as Surrogates of Body Fat Differs by Ethnicity.
- Authors
Lear, Scott A.; Humphries, Karin H.; Kohli, Simi; Birmingham, C. Laird
- Abstract
This article discusses findings of a study which compared the prediction of percentage body fat using body mass index (BMI) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) using waist circumference (WC) in individuals of Chinese, European and South Asian origin. Several variables that were assessed in this study included the demographics, anthropometry, lifestyle and regional adiposity of the participants. It has been suggested that percentage body fat was higher for a given BMI in South Asians as compared with Europeans.
- Subjects
BODY size; BODY weight; ADIPOSE tissues; ANTHROPOMETRY; OBESITY; SOUTH Asians
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2007, Vol 15, Issue 11, p2817
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2007.334