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Findings from the Bogalusa Heart Study have furthered the understanding of the natural history of obesity, as well as its short- and long-term consequences. Although the limitations of BMI (kg/m2) as an indicator of body fatness are widely recognized, this simple index appears to be able to identify metabolic risk as accurately as do methods that are more expensive and laborius. Between 1973–1974...
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