The need to redefine age- and gender-specific overweight and obese body mass index (bmi) cut-off points

Nevill, Alan M; Metsios, George S

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Authors

Nevill, Alan M
Metsios, George S

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2016-05

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Abstract

For convenience, health practitioners and clinicians are inclined to classify people/patients as overweight or obese based on body mass index (BMI) cut-off points of 25 and 30 kg/m^2 respectively, irrespective of age and gender.

Citation

Nevill, A., and Metsios, G. (2016) The need to redefine age- and gender-specific overweight and obese body mass index (bmi) cut-off points, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48 (5S), pp. 550

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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Journal

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

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Conference contribution

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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise in May 2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000486653.72857.0a The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.

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0195-9131

EISSN

1530-0315

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Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing

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