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BMI is a misleading proxy for adiposity in longitudinal studies with adolescent males: The Australian LOOK study
Despite evidence suggesting caution, employment of body mass index (BMI, kg m−2) as a proxy for percentage of body fat (PFat) in longitudinal studies of children and adolescents remains commonplace. Our objective was to test the validity of change in BMI as a proxy for change in PFat measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) during adolescence.
