Body mass index as indicator of standard of living in developing countries
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Undernutrition and hunger have always formed the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) mandate. Working in collaboration with the International Dietary Energy Consultative Group (IDECG), FAO began to examine both appropriate cut-off points of the body mass index (BMI) at the lower end of the spectrum and the functional consequences of low BMI (<16.0 = Category III Chronic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0954-3007,1476-5640
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600528