Body mass index and obesity-related metabolic disorders in Taiwanese and US whites and blacks: implications for definitions of overweight and obesity for Asians

Background: Recommendations based on scanty data have been made to lower the body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) cutoff for obesity in Asians. Objective: The goal was to compare relations between BMI and metabolic comorbidity among Asians and US whites and blacks. Methods: We compared the prevalence rat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of clinical nutrition 2004, Vol.79 (1), p.31-39
Hauptverfasser:	Pan, W.H, Flegal, K.M, Chang, H.Y, Yeh, W.T, Yeh, C.J, Lee, W.C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Distribution Aged Asian people Biological and medical sciences Black or African American Black People Body Mass Index Comorbidity Female Health Humans Male Medical disorders Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Metabolism Middle Aged Nutrition Surveys Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Obesity - metabolism Prevalence Sex Distribution Taiwan - epidemiology Taiwan - ethnology United States - epidemiology United States - ethnology Weight control White People
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