Duncan, Elizabeth; Schofield, Grant M.; Duncan, Scott; … - University of Western Sydney; College of Health and Science; … - 2004
In light of alarming rises in the prevalence of obesity worldwide, tackling the obesity ?epidemic? is now a national …) has issued universal BMI standards for defining ?overweight? and ?obesity? in adults (BMI =25 kg.m-2, and =30 kg.m-2 …, respectively) based on the risk of obesity-related disease in Europeans. Although widely used, there is mounting evidence …