The need to redefine age- and gender-specific overweight and obese body mass index (bmi) cut-off points
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. 550Journal
Medicine and Science in Sports and ExerciseAdditional Links
https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2016/05001/The_Need_To_Redefine_Age__And_Gender_specific.1647.aspxType
Conference contributionLanguage
enDescription
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.ISSN
0195-9131EISSN
1530-0315Sponsors
Colin BorehamScopus Count
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