Body composition-derived BMI cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Indians and Creoles of Mauritius: comparison with Caucasians

Background and Aims: Global estimates of overweight and obesity prevalence are based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) body mass index (BMI) cut-off values of 25 and 30 kg m − 2 , respectively. To validate these BMI cut-offs for adiposity in the island population of Mauritius, we assessed the r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Obesity 2016-12, Vol.40 (12), p.1906-1914
Hauptverfasser:	Hunma, S, Ramuth, H, Miles-Chan, J L, Schutz, Y, Montani, J-P, Joonas, N, Dulloo, A G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/499 Abdomen Adiposity - ethnology Adult Asian People Black People Body Composition Body fat Body Mass Index Body weight Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Creoles Cultural differences Demographic aspects Deuterium Diabetes Disease prevention Epidemiology Ethnicity Exercise Female Gender Health aspects Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Hospitals Humans Internal Medicine Male Mauritians Mauritius - epidemiology Mauritius - ethnology Measurement Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Minority & ethnic groups Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Obesity - ethnology Original original-article Overseas Indians (Asian people) Overweight Overweight persons Physiology Prevalence Public Health Quality of life Reference Values Waist Circumference White People Womens health Young Adult Young adults
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