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closeMedia Coverage of This Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 26 Jul 2012 at 15:55 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: EurekAlert
Title: “New metric for obesity strongly correlated to premature death”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
Publication: Jezebel
Title: “Measuring Obesity: A New, Maybe Better Alternative to BMI”
http://jezebel.com/592749...
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Title: “Move over BMI: A new way to measure fat better predicts the harm it does - Los Angeles Times”
http://articles.latimes.c...
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 27 Jul 2012 at 22:21 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: PLOS Blogs Obesity Panacea
Title: “The Body Shape Index | Obesity Panacea”
http://blogs.plos.org/obe...
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RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 24 Aug 2012 at 21:48 GMT
The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: MedScape Education
Title: “New Formula to Assess Obesity and Risk for Premature Death”
http://www.medscape.org/v...
Publication: DeMorgen
Title: “Het alternatief voor BMI: ABSI - Gezondheid - De Morgen”
http://www.demorgen.be/dm...
Publication: Shape
Title: “What is a Healthy Weight? Try ABSI the New Healthy Body Weight Calculator - Shape Magazine”
http://www.shape.com/blog...
Publication: Medical Daily
Title: “New Obesity Index Predicts Early Death Risk Better : Consumer News : Medical Daily”
http://www.medicaldaily.c...
Publication: Hypescience
Title: “Novo “Índice de Massa Corporal” é melhor ao prever risco de óbito”
http://hypescience.com/no...
Publication: ABC News Medical Unit
Title: “ABSI, New Obesity Measure: Better Than BMI? - ABC News”
http://abcnews.go.com/blo...
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