Lower BMI cutoffs to define overweight and obesity in China

Body-Mass Index and Mortality among Adults with Incident Type 2 Diabetes

(2014) Deirdre K. Tobias et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Prevalence and Control of Diabetes in Chinese Adults

(2013) Yu Xu   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Greater Abdominal Fat Accumulation Is Associated with Higher Metabolic Risk in Chinese than in White People: An Ethnicity Study

(2013) Wei He et al.   PLoS One

Body mass index and all-cause mortality in a large Chinese cohort

(2011) W.-Y. Lin et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

What is the optimal body mass index for Chinese people?

(2011) S. Zhu et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Deriving Ethnic-Specific BMI Cutoff Points for Assessing Diabetes Risk

(2011) Maria Chiu et al.   DIABETES CARE

Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

(2011) Wei Zheng et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Relationships of percent body fat and percent trunk fat with bone mineral density among Chinese, black, and white subjects

(2011) H. Lu et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Ethnic Differences in Body Composition and Obesity Related Risk Factors: Study in Chinese and White Males Living in China

(2011) Dong Wang et al.   PLoS One

The relationship between BMI and percent body fat, measured by bioelectrical impedance, in a large adult sample is curvilinear and influenced by age and sex

(2010) S. Meeuwsen et al.   CLINICAL NUTRITION

Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008

(2010) Katherine M. Flegal   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Ethnicity and the BMI–body fat relationship

(2009) Amy Luke   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Mortality, Health Outcomes, and Body Mass Index in the Overweight Range

(2009) Cora E. Lewis et al.   CIRCULATION

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2010 Update

(2009) et al.   CIRCULATION

Cohort Profile: The China Health and Nutrition Survey--monitoring and understanding socio-economic and health change in China, 1989-2011

(2009) B. M. Popkin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Impact of Body Mass Index on Incident Hypertension and Diabetes in Chinese Asians, American Whites, and American Blacks: The People's Republic of China Study and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

(2008) J. Stevens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Optimal Form of Operationalizing BMI in Relation to All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality: The Original Whitehall Study

(2008) Mika Kivimäki et al.   Obesity