The relation between body mass index and body fat percentage in Brazilian adolescents: assessment of variability, linearity, and categorisation

• Main Authors: Matheus Pacheco (Author), José Roberto de Maio Godoi Filho (Author), José Nunes da Silva Filho (Author), Josivana Pontes dos Santos (Author), Edson dos Santos Farias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Reliable but accessible measures to capture body composition are highly important as the world is in an era of obesity-increase. The most used measure, the body mass index (BMI), nevertheless, has been judged as non-reliable to estimate body fat percentage (BF%). The present manuscript assessed the...