Body Mass Index Thresholds for Asians: A Race Correction in Need of Correction?

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Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Weight Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (F.C.S.).

Published: August 2024


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