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Universal cut-off BMI points for obesity are not appropriate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Paul Deurenberg
Paul Deurenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and EpidemiologyWageningen UniversityThe Netherlands and Department of Physiology and NutritionUniversity ‘Tor Vergata’RomeItaly
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , February 2001 , pp. 135 - 136
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2001

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