Human Body Composition and the Epidemiology of Chronic Disease
Abstract Obesity and body fat distribution (FD) are established risk factors for chronic diseases. The body mass index (BMI) and the waist/hip circumference ratio (WHR) are used...
Publications
3 shownHow Useful Is Body Mass Index for Comparison of Body Fatness across Age, Sex, and Ethnic Groups?
This study tested the hypothesis that body mass index (BMI) is representative of body fatness independent of age, sex, and ethnicity. Between 1986 and 1992, the authors studied ...
Is percentage body fat differentially related to body mass index in Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and European Americans?
Limited research has been done to explore differences between ethnic groups, including Hispanic Americans (HAs), in the association between percentage body fat (PBF) and body ma...
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Researcher Info
- h-index
- 3
- Publications
- 3
- Citations
- 2,071
- Institution
- Columbia University
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Identifiers
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-1127-9425
Impact Metrics
h-index
3
h-index: Number of publications with at least h citations each.