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The Anthropometric Generalization of the Body Mass Index

2020-07-28

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The classic Body Mass Index, (BMI), developed in the 19th century by the Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet [1] is an important indicator of the risk of death, of obesity, of negative health consequences, body fat percentage and of the shape of the body. While he BMI is assumed to indicate obesity in sedentary people and in people who do not practice sports, it is undisputed and a consensus among researchers [...

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Literature Corpus work: 31bd1978-ad63-5a97-90e1-f799b1b4c80e
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202007.0662.v1

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