Body mass index and reciprocal of ponderal index as predictors of overweight and obesity

• मुख्य लेखकों: Jeferson Silva Novaes (लेखक), Jeferson Macedo Vianna (लेखक), Viviane Ribeiro Ávila Vianna (लेखक), Leonardo Gonçalves Ribeiro (लेखक), Leandro Nogueira Dutra (लेखक), Vinicius Oliveira Damasceno (लेखक), Jorge Roberto Perrout Lima (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The Body Mass Index (BMI) has been utilized in clinical and epidemiological studies to identify overweight and obesity. Rabelo & Araújo (2001) suggested that the use of the Reciprocal of Ponderal Index (RIP) would be more appropriated. The objective of this study was to compare the identifi cat...