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Physical status: The use and interpretation of anthropometry
Technical Report Series 854 establishing global clinical standards for adult Body Mass Index classifications.
About Child & Teen BMI Percentiles
Guidelines specifying the use of age-and-sex-specific growth chart percentiles rather than fixed adult BMI cutoffs.
A new predictive equation for resting energy expenditure in healthy individuals
The Mifflin-St Jeor equation, recognized by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as the most accurate predictive BMR equation for healthy adults.
Prediction of percent body fat for U.S. Navy men and women from body circumferences and height
Validation of circumference-based anthropometric equations for estimating fat mass and fat-free mass.
Gentamicin therapy: Clinical determination of ideal body weight
Pioneering formulation for Ideal Body Weight (IBW) based on height exceeding 5 feet.
Quantification of the effect of energy imbalance on bodyweight
Dynamic model demonstrating how metabolic adaptation and body composition influence long-term caloric deficits.