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Obesity: criteria and classification.

The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society - 1 Nov 2000

Pi-Sunyer F X

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Obesity is defined as an excess accumulation of body fat. To measure fat in the body accurately is difficult, and no method is easily available for routine clinical use. Traditionally, overweight and obesity have been evaluated by anthropometric measurement of weight-for-height. More recently, BM...

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PMID: 11115784
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665100000732

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