Body mass index and obesity-related metabolic disorders in Taiwanese and US whites and blacks: implications for definitions of overweight and obesity for Asians.

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Published in Am J Clin Nutr on January 01, 2004

Authors

Wen-Harn Pan1, Katherine M Flegal, Hsing-Yi Chang, Wen-Ting Yeh, Chih-Jung Yeh, Wen-Chung Lee

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. pan@ibms.sinica.edu.tw

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