Obesity and Diabetes
Research from E.C. Rush and co-authors in the area of obesity and diabetes published
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 19th, 2007
In this recent report, researchers in Auckland, New Zealand conducted a study "To investigate body composition differences, especially the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat (%BF), among five ethnic groups Cross-sectional Seven hundred and twenty-one apparently healthy women aged 18-60 years (BMI: 17.4-54.0 kg/m(2)) from South Africa (SA, 201 black, 94 European) and New Zealand (NZ, 173 European, 76 Maori, 84 Pacific, 93 Asian Indian) Anthropometry, including waist circumference, and total, central and peripheral body fat, bone mineral content and total appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASMM) derived from dual X-ray absorptiometry Regression analysis...
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