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

• Главные авторы: Jeferson Silva Novaes (Автор), Jeferson Macedo Vianna (Автор), Viviane Ribeiro Ávila Vianna (Автор), Leonardo Gonçalves Ribeiro (Автор), Leandro Nogueira Dutra (Автор), Vinicius Oliveira Damasceno (Автор), Jorge Roberto Perrout Lima (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...