Indices of adiposity.

نویسندگان

  • W Z BILLEWICZ
  • W F KEMSLEY
  • A M THOMSON
چکیده

In a clinical context, the term "overweight" usually connotes adiposity, an excess of body fat. In the absence of any direct or simple indirect methods of measuring total body fat, medical research workers often use formulae (indices) which relate body weight to stature. So far as we know, the uses and limitations of such formulae have never been critically examined. It is obvious that no formula relating weight to height can measure adiposity; the most we can hope for is that values of the index will be highly correlated with adiposity. The index cannot distinguish between heaviness due to adiposity, muscularity, or oedema, and, if adiposity is in question, should not be used in investigations where differential water retention may have an important influence on body weight, nor to compare groups of unusually muscular persons, such

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • British journal of preventive & social medicine

دوره 16  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1962