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Background
Body mass index is the most often used indicator of obesity but does not distinguish between lean and fat mass. Adiposity at the same body mass index differs across ethnic groups.
Objectives
The twofold aim of this study was to determine whether body mass index (BMI)‐based references are correlated with body fat percentage (%BF) in a pluri‐ethnic population of Pacific Islanders and to...