BMI is a misleading proxy for adiposity in longitudinal studies with adolescent males: The Australian LOOK study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.08.002
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Despite evidence suggesting caution, employment of body mass index (BMI, kgm-2) as a proxy for percentage of body fat (PFat) in longitudinal studies of children and adolescents remains commonplace. Our objective was to test… read more here.
Keywords: longitudinal studies; adolescent males; pfat; bmi ... See more keywords