Body mass index classification misses subjects with increased cardiometabolic risk factors related to elevated adiposity

Haslam D(2005)Obesity Lancet 366 1197-1209

James WPT(2003)Preventing obesity. Doctors underestimate obesity BMJ 326 102-103

Frühbeck G(2004)Screening and interventions for obesity in adults Ann Intern Med 141 245-246

Diez-Caballero A(1995)Physical status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry. Report of a WHO Expert Committee World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 854 1-452

Gómez-Ambrosi J(2003)Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale Ann Intern Med 139 930-932

Cienfuegos JA(2009)Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults Am J Clin Nutr 89 500-508

Salvador J(2002)The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26 789-796

Frühbeck G(2004)Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies Lancet 363 157-163

Flegal KM(2004)Are BMI and other anthropometric measures appropriate as indices for obesity? A study in an Asian population J Lipid Res 45 1892-1898

Shepherd JA(2000)Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index Am J Clin Nutr 72 694-701

Haslam D(2005)Obesity Lancet 366 1197-1209

James WPT(2003)Preventing obesity. Doctors underestimate obesity BMJ 326 102-103

Frühbeck G(2004)Screening and interventions for obesity in adults Ann Intern Med 141 245-246

Diez-Caballero A(1995)Physical status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry. Report of a WHO Expert Committee World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 854 1-452

Gómez-Ambrosi J(2003)Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale Ann Intern Med 139 930-932

Cienfuegos JA(2009)Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults Am J Clin Nutr 89 500-508

Salvador J(2002)The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26 789-796

Frühbeck G(2004)Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies Lancet 363 157-163

Flegal KM(2004)Are BMI and other anthropometric measures appropriate as indices for obesity? A study in an Asian population J Lipid Res 45 1892-1898

Shepherd JA(2000)Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index Am J Clin Nutr 72 694-701