Body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs to define obesity in indigenous New Zealanders

BACKGROUND: The suggestion that body mass index (BMI) cutoffs to define obesity should differ in persons of Polynesian descent compared with Europeans is based principally on the observation that persons of Polynesian descent have a relatively higher proportion of lean body mass for a given BMI. OBJ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of clinical nutrition 2010-08, Vol.92 (2), p.390-397
Hauptverfasser:	Taylor, Rachael W, Brooking, Lorraine, Williams, Sheila M, Manning, Patrick J, Sutherland, Wayne H, Coppell, Kirsten J, Tipene-Leach, David, Dale, Kelly S, McAuley, Kirsten A, Mann, Jim I
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over anthropometric measurements Area Under Curve Biological and medical sciences blood glucose blood lipids blood pressure Body Mass Index diet-related diseases ethnic differences Ethnicity Feeding. Feeding behavior Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology gender differences human diseases human nutrition Humans indigenous peoples insulin Insulin Resistance Male Maori men Metabolic syndrome Metabolic Syndrome - diagnosis Metabolic Syndrome - ethnology Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Morbidity nationalities and ethnic groups New Zealand nutritional status Obesity Obesity - diagnosis Obesity - ethnology Population Groups reference standards Reference Values ROC Curve Sensitivity and Specificity Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems Waist Circumference waist-to-height ratio White People women Young Adult
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